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'''Dilmun''' or ''Telmun'' was a [[civilization]] in Eastern Arabia. Dilmun was an important trading centre which at the height of its [[power]] controlled the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf] trading routes. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerians Sumerians] regarded Dilmun as [[holy]] land. The scholarly consensus is that Dilmun encompassed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain Bahrain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait Kuwait], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar Qatar] and the coastal regions of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dilmun was mentioned by Mesopotamian civilizations as a trade partner, a source of the metal copper, and an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t entrepôt] of the Mesopotamia-to-Indus Valley Civilization trade route.

'''Dilmun''' or ''Telmun'' was a [[civilization]] in Eastern Arabia. Dilmun was an important trading centre which at the height of its [[power]] controlled the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf] trading routes. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerians Sumerians] regarded Dilmun as [[holy]] land. The scholarly consensus is that Dilmun encompassed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain Bahrain], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait Kuwait], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar Qatar] and the coastal regions of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dilmun was mentioned by Mesopotamian civilizations as a trade partner, a source of the metal copper, and an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t entrepôt] of the Mesopotamia-to-Indus Valley Civilization trade route.

It is also noted that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh Gilgamesh] had to pass through Mount Mashu to reach Dilmun in the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh]'', which is usually identified with the whole of the parallel Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges, with the narrow gap between these mountains constituting the tunnel. Others believe Mount Mashu was one of two ("twin") [[mountains]] that held up the sky at the eastern and western extremities of the world. The Sumerian versions of the Gilgamesh epic demonstrate that the earlier versions of the [[myth]] sited the Cedar Mountain to the east, in the direction of the rising of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utu Utu], the Sumerian sun god.

It is also noted that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh Gilgamesh] had to pass through Mount Mashu to reach Dilmun in the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh]'', which is usually identified with the whole of the parallel Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges, with the narrow gap between these mountains constituting the tunnel. Others believe Mount Mashu was one of two ("twin") [[mountains]] that held up the sky at the eastern and western extremities of the world. The Sumerian versions of the Gilgamesh epic demonstrate that the earlier versions of the [[myth]] sited the Cedar Mountain to the east, in the direction of the rising of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utu Utu], the Sumerian sun god.