Dilmun, or Telmun, (Sumerian: , later 𒉌𒌇(𒆠), NI.TUKki = dilmunki; Arabic: دلمون) was an ancient East Semitic-speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia...
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History of Bahrain (section Dilmun Civilization)
Bahrain was a central location of the ancient Dilmun civilization. Bahrain's strategic location in the Persian Gulf has brought rule and influence from...
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Pre-Islamic Arabia (section Dilmun)
and the earliest Semitic-speaking civilization in the eastern part was Dilmun, which arose around the end of the 4th millennium BCE and lasted to around...
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Eastern Arabia (section Dilmun)
city of Uruk. The demonym "Dilmun" is used to describe a type of axe and the ethnicity of an official in these tablets. Dilmun was also mentioned in two...
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Bahrain National Museum (section Hall of Dilmun)
reference to Bahrain is made as the paradise of Dilmun). The exhibit focuses on burial practices of the Dilmun civilization and features an actual burial mound...
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thick, and slightly damaged. The tablet details that Ea-nāṣir travelled to Dilmun to buy copper and returned to sell it in Mesopotamia. On one particular...
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The Dilmun Burial Mounds (Arabic: مدافن دلمون, romanized: Madāfin Dilmūn) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising necropolis areas on the main island...
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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...
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Dilmun is a region of high albedo on Titan, Saturn's natural satellite. Dilmun is located near the equator, centered on 15°N and 175 ° W. The large dark...
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Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians. It was once the capital of the Dilmun civilization and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005....
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