Dilmun

Dilmun was a state in Arabia (Middle East) that lasted from c. 2800 to 544 BCE, about 2,256 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Trading kingdom on Bahrain and the nearby coast, middleman between Mesopotamia and the Indus. Sumerian myth called it a paradise, and it left tens of thousands of burial mounds.

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Facts

Dates

c. 2800 to 544 BCE

Duration

2,256 years

Type

State

Region

Arabia, Middle East

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Capital

Qal'at al-Bahrain

Events in Middle East during its time

• 2334 BCE Sargon founds the Akkadian Empire
• 2004 BCE Elamites sack Ur
• 1754 BCE Code of Hammurabi
• 1595 BCE Hittites sack Babylon
• 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh
• 1177 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
• 1050 BCE Phoenician alphabet
• 853 BCE Battle of Qarqar

Neighbours in Middle East

• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE
• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE
• Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE
• Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
• Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
• Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe

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