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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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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Dilmun is a region of high albedo on Titan, Saturn's natural satellite. It was discovered in the images transmitted by the Cassini spacecraft. It received...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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of Dilmun where The land of Dilmun is a pure place, the land of Dilmun is a clean place, The land of Dilmun is a clean place, the land of Dilmun is a...
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Dilmun, and Meluhha. The Sumerian location of Magan is now accepted to be the area currently encompassing the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Dilmun was...
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Al Khor Island (section Early Dilmun period)
Ceramics dating to the early Dilmun period consist mainly of medium-sized jars and cooking pots. The settlements dating to the Dilmun period may have been established...
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Qal'at al-Bahrain Bahrain Pearling Trail Dilmun Burial Mounds The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates...
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A'ali (section Dilmun era)
potters and boutiques in the whole town. The burial mounds date to the Dilmun era (3200 BC-330 BC). In February 1889 some of the mounds were investigated...
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name in Arabic means "two seas", and which is thought to be the site of Dilmun, the original site of the Sumerian creation beliefs. The difference in density...
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Ancient furniture (section Dilmun)
The Incans had chacmools which were dedicated to sacrifice. Similarly, in Dilmun they had sacrificial altars. In many civilizations, the furniture depended...
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picks up again in the period of Dilmun in the early 3rd millennium. Known records from Uruk refer to a place called Dilmun, associated on several occasions...
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Sumerians originated from Dilmun, which was theorized to be the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.In Sumerian mythology, Dilmun was also mentioned as...
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the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (modern United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and...
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centred around Bahrain Island. It is believed to be the location of the Dilmun civilisation, dating back to the 4th millennium BC. There are two archaeological...
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“Boats from the (distant) land of Dilmun carried the wood (for him)”. This is the oldest known written record of Dilmun and importation of goods into Mesopotamia...
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around 2000 BC. During the Dilmun era (from ca. 3000 BC), Failaka was known as "Agarum", the land of Enzak, a great god in the Dilmun civilization according...
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in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar to the Sumerian geographical term of Dilmun. Oman, was most likely the Sumerian Magan". Modern archaeological and geological...
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Inzak (category Dilmun)
Anzak; in older publications Enshag) was the main god of the pantheon of Dilmun. The precise origin of his name remains a matter of scholarly debate. He...
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Preceded by prehistory Near East Sumer Kish Egypt Elam Ebla Mari Armi Hatti Dilmun Magan Nubia Berbers Akkad Assyria Babylonia Qatna Amurru Yamhad Urkesh Mitanni...
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According to archeologist Geoffrey Bibby, Bahrain is the site of the ancient Dilmun civilization. It has been famed since antiquity for its pearl fisheries...
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WASP-121 (redirect from Dilmun (star))
WASP-121, also known as CD-38 3220 and formally named Dilmun, is a magnitude 10.4 star located approximately 858 light-years (263 parsecs) away in the...
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was home to the Dilmun civilization. Dilmun included Al-Shadadiya, Akkaz, Umm an Namil, and Failaka. At its peak in 2000 BC, Dilmun controlled the Persian...
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