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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.
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.
Dilmun is regarded as one of the oldest ancient civilizations in the Middle East. The Sumerians described Dilmun as a paradise [[garden]] in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Sumerian tale of the garden paradise of Dilmun may have been an [[inspiration]] for the [[Garden of Eden]] story.
In 1922, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Glaser Eduard Glaser] proposed that the [[Garden of Eden]] was located in Eastern Arabia within the Dilmun civilization. Scholar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Zarins Juris Zarins] also believes that the Garden of Eden was situated in Dilmun at the head of the Persian Gulf, where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run into the sea, from his research on this area using information from many different sources, including Landsat images from space. In this theory, the Bible’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gihon Gihon River] would correspond with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gihon Karun River] in Iran, and the Pishon River would correspond to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Batin Wadi Batin] river system that once drained the now dry, but once quite [[fertile]] central part of the Arabian Peninsula.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilmun]
==Quote==
After the submergence of [[Dalamatia]] the [[Nodites]] moved north and east, presently founding the
new city of ''Dilmun'' as their racial and cultural headquarters. And about fifty thousand years after the death
of [[Nod]], when the offspring of the [[66:2|Prince’s staff]] had become too numerous to find subsistence in the lands
immediately surrounding their new city of ''Dilmun'', and after they had reached out to intermarry with the
[[Andonite]] and [[Sangik]] tribes adjoining their borders, it occurred to their leaders that something should be
done to preserve their racial unity. Accordingly a council of the tribes was called, and after much
deliberation the plan of Bablot, a descendant of Nod, was endorsed. ([[77:3|77:3.1]])
And all this explains how the [[Sumerians]] appeared so suddenly and mysteriously on
the stage of action in [[76:3 Life in Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]]. Investigators will never be able to trace out and follow
these tribes back to the beginning of the Sumerians, who had their origin two hundred thousand
years ago after the submergence of [[Dalamatia]]. Without a trace of origin elsewhere in the world,
these ancient tribes suddenly loom upon the horizon of [[civilization]] with a full-grown and
superior [[culture]], embracing [[temples]], metalwork, [[agriculture]], animals, pottery, weaving,
commercial [[law]], civil codes, religious ceremonial, and an old system of [[writing]]. At the beginning
of the historical era they had long since lost the alphabet of Dalamatia, having adopted the
peculiar writing system originating in ''Dilmun''. The Sumerian language, though virtually lost to
the world, was not Semitic; it had much in common with the so-called Aryan tongues.([[77:4|77:4.7]])
The elaborate records left by the Sumerians describe the site of a remarkable
settlement which was located on the Persian Gulf near the earlier city of ''Dilmun''. The Egyptians
called this city of ancient [[glory]] Dilmat, while the later Adamized Sumerians [[confused]] both the
first and second [[Nodite]] cities with [[Dalamatia]] and called all three ''Dilmun''. And already have
[[archaeologists]] found these ancient Sumerian clay tablets which tell of this earthly paradise
“where the Gods first [[blessed]] mankind with the example of civilized and cultured life.” And these
tablets, descriptive of Dilmun, the paradise of men and God, are now silently resting on the
dusty shelves of many [[museums]].([[77:4|77:4.8]])
The Sumerians well knew of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first] and [[Paper 76 - The Second Garden|second Edens]] but, despite extensive
intermarriage with the [[Adamites]], continued to regard the garden dwellers to the north as an
[[alien]] race. Sumerian [[pride]] in the more ancient [[Nodite]] culture led them to ignore these later
vistas of glory in favor of the grandeur and paradisiacal [[traditions]] of the city of ''Dilmun''.([[77:4|77:4.9]])
[[Category: History]]
[[Category: Archaeology]]
'''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.
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.
Dilmun is regarded as one of the oldest ancient civilizations in the Middle East. The Sumerians described Dilmun as a paradise [[garden]] in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Sumerian tale of the garden paradise of Dilmun may have been an [[inspiration]] for the [[Garden of Eden]] story.
In 1922, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Glaser Eduard Glaser] proposed that the [[Garden of Eden]] was located in Eastern Arabia within the Dilmun civilization. Scholar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Zarins Juris Zarins] also believes that the Garden of Eden was situated in Dilmun at the head of the Persian Gulf, where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run into the sea, from his research on this area using information from many different sources, including Landsat images from space. In this theory, the Bible’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gihon Gihon River] would correspond with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gihon Karun River] in Iran, and the Pishon River would correspond to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Batin Wadi Batin] river system that once drained the now dry, but once quite [[fertile]] central part of the Arabian Peninsula.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilmun]
==Quote==
After the submergence of [[Dalamatia]] the [[Nodites]] moved north and east, presently founding the
new city of ''Dilmun'' as their racial and cultural headquarters. And about fifty thousand years after the death
of [[Nod]], when the offspring of the [[66:2|Prince’s staff]] had become too numerous to find subsistence in the lands
immediately surrounding their new city of ''Dilmun'', and after they had reached out to intermarry with the
[[Andonite]] and [[Sangik]] tribes adjoining their borders, it occurred to their leaders that something should be
done to preserve their racial unity. Accordingly a council of the tribes was called, and after much
deliberation the plan of Bablot, a descendant of Nod, was endorsed. ([[77:3|77:3.1]])
And all this explains how the [[Sumerians]] appeared so suddenly and mysteriously on
the stage of action in [[76:3 Life in Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]]. Investigators will never be able to trace out and follow
these tribes back to the beginning of the Sumerians, who had their origin two hundred thousand
years ago after the submergence of [[Dalamatia]]. Without a trace of origin elsewhere in the world,
these ancient tribes suddenly loom upon the horizon of [[civilization]] with a full-grown and
superior [[culture]], embracing [[temples]], metalwork, [[agriculture]], animals, pottery, weaving,
commercial [[law]], civil codes, religious ceremonial, and an old system of [[writing]]. At the beginning
of the historical era they had long since lost the alphabet of Dalamatia, having adopted the
peculiar writing system originating in ''Dilmun''. The Sumerian language, though virtually lost to
the world, was not Semitic; it had much in common with the so-called Aryan tongues.([[77:4|77:4.7]])
The elaborate records left by the Sumerians describe the site of a remarkable
settlement which was located on the Persian Gulf near the earlier city of ''Dilmun''. The Egyptians
called this city of ancient [[glory]] Dilmat, while the later Adamized Sumerians [[confused]] both the
first and second [[Nodite]] cities with [[Dalamatia]] and called all three ''Dilmun''. And already have
[[archaeologists]] found these ancient Sumerian clay tablets which tell of this earthly paradise
“where the Gods first [[blessed]] mankind with the example of civilized and cultured life.” And these
tablets, descriptive of Dilmun, the paradise of men and God, are now silently resting on the
dusty shelves of many [[museums]].([[77:4|77:4.8]])
The Sumerians well knew of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first] and [[Paper 76 - The Second Garden|second Edens]] but, despite extensive
intermarriage with the [[Adamites]], continued to regard the garden dwellers to the north as an
[[alien]] race. Sumerian [[pride]] in the more ancient [[Nodite]] culture led them to ignore these later
vistas of glory in favor of the grandeur and paradisiacal [[traditions]] of the city of ''Dilmun''.([[77:4|77:4.9]])
[[Category: History]]
[[Category: Archaeology]]
