DILMUN CIVILIZATION

- Dilmun is described as "the place where the sun rises" and "the Land of the
Living"
- Scene of some versions of Sumerian creation myth; where the deified
Sumerian hero of the flood
- Many different temples were found in Early and Mid Dilmun
- Location of Dilmun civilization; small but had the trade routes throughout
Mesopotamia linking through Indus Valley - Persian Gulf
- Source of raw material, copper
- was concurred by two big empires: Babylonia and then Persian (took over
Babylonia also)
- Hellenization (spread of Greek culture) of Bahrain (Dilmun civilization)
- Took over large space, however currently it's just an island
- Also known as Telmun, Tilmun, Tylos and Bahrain
- Graveyard from pre-history and contains 300,000 tombs
Dilmun civilization is small, unknown civilization though it had many
interesting features within its civilization. Not much-preserved records remain
until now, and because of that most people doesn’t know about this civilization
and other ancient civilizations that existed a long time ago. Actually, Dilmun had
trading routes that linked through Mesopotamia with the Indus Valley
Civilization. We can know that Dilmun one of the greatest entrepôts of trade of
the ancient world and archeologists are quite sure about this because there both
literary and archeological evidence for the trade. By using those benefits that they
have by where they are that is location, Dilmun developed itself much faster than
most other civilization.
Dilmun was first mentioned in the Mesopotamian records as a source of
copper and then established itself as a regional entrepôt for commodities such as
timber, dates, and pearls. Archeologists call Dilmun ‘the greater Dilmun trading
empire.' It’s not really an invention, but according to the remaining records, we
can easily know that though Dilmun was a small, unknown civilization, it had a
great impact on the modern world today, and also in the past. Mostly, invasions
and physical conquering led to the downfall of Dilmun civilization. First, Bahrain
(where Dilmun civilization existed) was concurred by the Babylonian empire,
then after few attacks from other civilization groups, Persian Achaemenids
absorbed the Babylonian and Dilmun slowly collapsed. Though Dilmun had
fought against Assyria and survived, they weren’t able to get along with bigger
civilization or an empire.
Relative Location of Bahrain