Dilmun

Dilmun is a land mentioned by Mesopotamian civilizations. It was a trade partner, a source of the metal copper, and an entrepôt of the Mesopotamia-to-Indus Valley Civilization trade route. Although the exact location of Dilmun is not known, it was most likely located in the islands of Bahrain and Failaka island, Kuwait. Dilmun had a presence in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and nearby Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf.^[1] Gilgamesh had to pass through Mount Mashu to reach Dilmun in the Epic of Gilgamesh.^[2]

Dilmun appears first in Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets from the end of fourth millennium BC.