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ID: 8698245
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dilmun (former nation/state/empire)  Dilmun (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 01 39 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 26.0270  decimal degrees
Long: 050 33 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 50.5500  decimal degrees

Note: Kingdom in the Persian Gulf likely centered around Bahrain, including parts of present-day Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Already a trading center in the late 4th millennium BCE for points in the Indus Valley. Most famous archaeological sites are the temple at Bārbār and the fort at Qalaʿat al-Baḥrain.

Names:
Dilmun (preferred,C,V)
Telmun (C,V)
Tilmun (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Arabian Peninsula (general region)  ........  Arabian Peninsula (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Dilmun (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Dilmun (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Dilmun..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 73
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 01 November 2016
Telmun..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 1 November 2017
Tilmun..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 01 November 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 01 November 2016

 

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