Dilmun

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Dilmun
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Location of foreign lands for the Mesopotamians, including Elam, Magan, Dilmun, Marhashi and Meluhha.
LocationEastern Arabia
RegionNorthern Governorate
TypeAncient
Part ofEastern Arabia
History
Foundedcirca late 4th millennium BC[1]
Abandonedc. 538 BC[2]
PeriodsBronze Age

Dilmun, or Telmun,[3] (Sumerian: Dilmun (early Sumerian pictograph).jpg,[4][5] later