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Dilmun, or Telmun, (Sumerian: 15px, later , = ; ) was an ancient East Semitic–speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards, covering the transition from Prehistoric Arabia into the historic period. Based on contextual evidence, it was located in the Persian Gulf, on a trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilisation, close to the sea and to artesian springs. Dilmun encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait, and eastern Saudi Arabia.

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Ancient site.location
Eastern Arabia
Ancient site.region
Northern Governorate
Ancient site.image
Moyen_Orient_3mil_aC.svg
Ancient site.image_size
350px
Ancient site.caption
Location of foreign lands for the Mesopotamians, including Elam, Magan, Dilmun, Marhashi and Meluhha
Ancient site.type
Ancient
Ancient site.part_of
Eastern Arabia
Ancient site.epochs
Bronze Age
Language.name
Dilmunite
Language.states
Dilmun
Language.region
Bahrain, Kuwait and eastern Saudi Arabia
Language.era
First half of the second millennium BC
Language.familycolor
Afro-Asiatic
Language.fam1
Afro-Asiatic
Language.fam2
Semitic
Language.fam3
East Semitic?
Language.iso3
none
Language.glotto
none

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Dilmun
inception
3000-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0500-00-00
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12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Kingdom of Dilmun
  • Dilmun under foreign rule
  • People and language
  • Mythology
  • Location of Dilmun
  • Garden of Eden theory
  • Known rulers
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Dilmun, or Telmun, (Sumerian: 15px, later , = ; ) was an ancient East Semitic–speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards, covering the transition from Prehistoric Arabia into the historic period. Based on contextual evidence, it was located in the Persian Gulf, on a trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilisation, close to the sea and to artesian springs. Dilmun encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait, and eastern Saudi Arabia.

The great commercial and trading connections between Mesopotamia and Dilmun were strong and profound to the point where Dilmun was a central figure to the Sumerian creation myth. Dilmun was described in the saga of Enki and Ninhursag as pre-existing in paradisiacal state, where predators do not kill, pain and diseases are absent, and people do not get old.

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