Dilmun civilization

History

The Dilmun civilization was the centre of commercial activities linking traditional agriculture of the land—then quite fertile due to artesian wells that have since dried, and due to a much wetter climate—with maritime trade between diverse regions such as the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia in its early stage and later between China and the . The Dilmun civilization is mentioned first in Sumeriancuneiformclay tablets dated to the late third millennium BC, found in the temple of the goddess Inanna, in the city of Uruk. The adjective Dilmun is used to describe a type of axe and one specific official; in addition there are lists of rations of wool issued to people connected with Dilmun.