Dilmun, the Sumerian Shangri-La (Bronze Age Dilmun Civilization of Ancient Bahrain)

In this program, we take a look at both the mythical and historical significance of the ancient land known as Dilmun. Known as a sort of paradise in Sumerian mythology, the actual Dilmun was a thriving commercial hub during the Bronze and early Iron Ages. For those of you interested in some ancient history outside of your standard textbooks, you won't want to miss this.
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[@alishamlan7908]

when i go on tiktok, many people make fun of my country, bahrain, and say we don't have history. that always made me frustrated so thank you for this

[@HistorywithCy]

No my friend, you all have a great history and should be proud! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@Mood-fs4vw]

Soo true, somehow people thinks that Arabs were born only after Islam 🤣

[@dawale9601]

@@Mood-fs4vw i 100% agree with you, many people are unaware of our history they just know our Islamic history ( which honesty it is still amazing and all being of the few people that others must learn about you or at least know you, ) they never try to at least to know who were we before Islam, and what we were doing with the 3000 thousand years, who we interacted with what we built what gods we were worshiping , I'm still proud of my ancestors and our Islamic history, they accomplished things that the whole world knows about, and they used their power wisely most of the time, but it would be nice if others, were a bit more interested in our ancient history.

[@xed1329]

Because anciet Bahrain has nothing to do with modern Bahrain. You are not kindred with anciet Bahrain People

[@user-wi9nn6dz8w]

Your country is one of the most amazing on this planet!

[@SCOTTBULGRIN]

I was stationed on a U.S. NAVY ship in Bahrain in the late 80s. I was a member of the Bahrain Archeological Society and was fortunate to visit many of the sites show in this video. Good job putting this video together.🗿

[@HistorywithCy]

Wow, that's awesome, I'd love to do the same someday. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it. More come on topics related to Dilmun, stay tuned!

[@Mood-fs4vw]

This gives me peace 😊 I hope one day you'll come back here and see how unbelievably it changed. My Uncle started living in Sydney with his Aussie wife around 2003, when he came back last year for few weeks he was dumb founded how different and advanced Bahrain became. The confusing part is that we never felt the change because we've always been here.

[@fatimaalameer482]

@@HistorywithCy a Bahraini here who is very impressed, thank you 😊

[@prakashjeyakumar5014]

@@HistorywithCy dilmun>dimilan>damilan(Tamilan). Yes its Tamil(tamilan) civilisation. The city names ur, magan are all tamil names.

[@prakashjeyakumar5014]

@@HistorywithCy "Elam" is nothing but today "Eelam" in Sri Lanka.

[@elizabethpengson8244]

ancient Bahrain was also famous for it's pearls which continued into 19th century.. Cartier even made a deal with them as pearls during La Belle Epoque was so prized.

[@ReinholdOtto]

The ships in your animations regularly go via the Hormuz strait. I once saw a video here by the OI regarding Magan, where they said that this strait was very dangerous, and so what the ships did was land in the south of Magan, unloaded and carried the goods to the north of the Magan peninsula, and took other ships to continue to Dilmun and Mesopotamia.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yeah I'm sure that's also possible, especially as they there were unloading/reloading ships. I've also read that since ancient times, there were many groups of pirates operating in and around the strait of Hormuz, so that could have also been a factor. As always, thanks so much for your comments, really appreciate them. More to come, stay tuned!

[@browarrior1558]

Thank u for talking about Arabian civilisations dilmun & magan were at the same timeline of Sumer that means that both of them considered to be one of the oldest civilisation🇸🇦💚

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure my friend, glad you liked this. I am also looking into doing a short one on Magan, but I'm having trouble finding many sources. Will do my best. Thanks again for stopping by and stay safe!

[@browarrior1558]

@@HistorywithCy Ohhh thank u, u r very kind if u also could talk About Saba civilisation 1200BCE,the south Arabian kingdom, the people of Saba r the first who innovate dams.also the civilisation was very advanced ❤️

[@HistorywithCy]

@@browarrior1558 will do my best, I definitely want to cover ancient Arabian civilizations. Hopefully in 2021! Thanks for the suggestions, really appreciate them. Stay safe!

[@HistorywithCy]

Salaam! I just put out a short video on Magan... I'll look into doing one on Saba soon as well. Thanks for the suggestions, really appreciate them...stay safe!

[@truthseeker2033]

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but these aren't Arabian civilisations at all, because Arabs weren't over there back then, only After Islam Arabs came out of desert 🏜,Dilmun is highly possible is Dilum or daylam, which After Islam had a period of kingdom named daylamian in Western iran

[@sultanskinny]

Yees Cy Dilmun is a lowkey gem of history. Nice choice

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks man, appreciate it! Stay safe and skinny!

[@joshpullman1690]

The sea level, whilst globally widely consistent was still fluctuating in the Persian Gulf. Bahrain at 4000BC wasn't an island yet, with a large freshwater lake on the west and south west sides. This changed fairly rapidly as sea levels fluctuated hugely rising 2 metres relatively above current sea levels about this time before receding back to current levels. The land surrounding Bahrain would have been irrigatable from the freshwater lake meaning it potentially could support a large population. When the lake was breached by saltwater this would have disrupted food production and made their society more reliant on trade.

[@AF-tv6uf]

I'm willing to bet that the more Edenic legends of Dilmun are a product of folk memories of the Persian Gulf basin before the post Ice Age flooding. It's a good geographic candidate for being the origin of the idea of Eden itself. So much more archaeology needs to be done under that sea! One wonders if those people had contact with the other sophisticated people of the same era at Gobekli Tepe or potentially Sundaland. There are tantalizing genetic hints of the latter!

[@neilmu3494]

Woah! I didn't know that. And I live in Bahrain!

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

I often wonder about ancient stories in this respect--- particularly concerning the early Persian Gulf, and the rivers leading into it.--- When you consider how once-thriving ports in the Middle East have silted up--- look at Ephesus, in only two thousand years it's now many miles inland.

[@Mood-fs4vw]

@@AF-tv6uf That's so true. Sometimes it just hits me... What if the *Tree of Life* in Bahrain which is over 400 years old is actually using roots from the Garden of Eden (That's if it's true that Bahrain is Garden of Eden as stated in the bible) or roots from thousands of years ago. The tree is literally all alone in the middle of Sahara in Bahrain without any signs of water around it and it's still alive and kicking for 400 years.

[@user-ws7us2on6g]

@@larrygrimaldi1400 no

[@valmarsiglia]

Proving that from the very first moment that humans became sapient they concluded that everything was better in the old days.

[@julians7268]

It is crazy that school doesnt teach these things. At least in America I didnt learn this stuff. It is so fascinating to see the intricate trading and diplomacy that occurred between these ancient civilizations, and to imagine how wild the world must have seemed to these peoples. A world where even the highly educated had fuzzy boundaries where their knowledge gave way to myth and legend.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah, I also didn't learn this stuff in school...had to go to uni libraries at the time to learn things that were beyond the textbook. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, appreciate it. More to come, stay safe!

[@Geopoliticus]

Great video. I believe a lot of IVC artefacts have been found in Bahrain. I was listening to a lecture recently, an Archaeologist mentioned that this includes cooking pots - suggesting some ‘Indians’ lived there. Possibly a small trading quarter. I wonder how many ‘smaller’ cultures still remain to be discovered in the gaps in between the more glamorous civilisations.

[@HistorywithCy]

Sorry, just saw this. Thanks so much for the feedback, really appreciate it! I wouldn't be surprised as there is a lot of evidence of interaction between IVC and Dilmun. I'm sure many traders must have resided there, kind of like many today live and work in the Gulf region for business opportunities. Anyway, thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@mithridatesvi1650]

Never heard of this. As always, amazing work!!! Keep it up Cy!!!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you were introduced to some place new...thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@PopGoesTheology]

What a well-researched and well-presented video. Thanks for your hard work Cy!

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by!

[@Chocolatiste]

Thank you for posting this, Dilmun is definitely very special, the art is quite intriguing

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, glad you liked it. Yeah, I agree...the art is really unique!

[@amongusepicusmaximus8388]

I was recently doing some research about the olmecs when i found your channel. Keep up the good work you're making very interesting videos about ancient history

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate it! More to come, haha on Russian history too! Stay safe!

[@Sarke2]

Another great interesting video about not so much known civilization and people from Bronze Age period thanks on this and keep up the good work

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate it! More to come, stay tuned!

[@Angayasse]

That was cool again! I feel again the excitement that i had when being a freshman at the university. SO MANY things to learn!

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh I feel the same every time I study this stuff...makes takes me back to school when I started studying this... what a great life, then realized I had bills to pay and had to graduate and start working. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@georgecunningham9175]

Thank you for continuously furthering my knowledge on a subject I have previously only had a passing interest in - thus igniting my new quest for additional knowledge. You never fail to inform, and thus to entertain.

[@HistorywithCy]

Comments like this make my day...thank YOU for stopping by and taking interest in this stuff, really appreciate it. Stay safe!

[@mohq9573]

I knew your channel would blow up! Awesome. Such excellent and unique work 👌

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, but it's success is due to viewers like you. Thank YOU for stopping by and watching these videos, motivates me to make more of them!

[@jackjones9460]

Great information! Thank you

[@oriffel]

another awesome one. good job

[@HistorywithCy]

Thans so much, really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@stephenmichalski2643]

Fascinating as usual.......be cool to know the stories behind all the different trade routes/networks.......thanks for including your references and the article by Prof. Kramer.....going to read that next......and have to look into his work. You've turned me on to so so much cool stuff its silly.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, appreciate the feedback and glad you found the references useful for further study...there's only so much that I can put into these short episodes. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@viniz200]

I find it hard to imagine that Tukulti-Ninurta I conquered Meluhha, if we agree that's Indus Valley Civilization we're referring to. Making it harder to consider the same claim with Dilmun, plus the lack of material evidence.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah I agree... I personally don't even think he really controlled Dilmun, probably just assumed suzerainty over it since his Kassite predecessors claimed the same. While there are are a lot of artifacts that have been uncovered in the area of ancient Dilmun from Sumerian up until the Kassite era, I haven't come across any Assyrian objects that have been discovered there. Maybe they're still buried under the sands, who knows. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it. More to come, stay safe!

[@_robustus_]

Fake news is ancient.

[@JustSpectre]

Perhaps the true meaning of the line is that he controlled trade with those areas.

[@hassanalzaher3893]

Kings can claim control without any actual control. That happens all the time. BTW, there is not actual concensus that Meluhha is in India. Maybe some where immediate beyond Elam, or some place in Oman, or Yemen. Who knows. All of those traded with Dilmun through see for millennia.

[@supersaiyan460]

​@@hassanalzaher3893 Go and see seals found there They are from india Jewelries copper gold dust Animals birds wood etc many Thinks are exported by india civilization to Sumerian By boat Cotton cloths Diamond Ivory all are from india

[@fetijajasari6624]

Thank you so much! History in this area was and is so rich! Wish it was taught in school....

[@HistorywithCy]

Me too, I also wished such stuff was covered when I was younger. Oh well, it's never too late to learn. Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@fetijajasari6624]

@@HistorywithCy You too!

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

Actually many of these names are familiar from school--- and now I wonder why they taught us what were such arcane subjects then in the 7th grade..

[@dennisaur66]

I really like when you read the poem. More of that. Great stuff.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, it's actually fun for me to go into a different voice every now and then. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it. Stay safe!

[@JustSpectre]

Hi, it's me, JustSpectre (had to change account name). Thank you so much for this video on Dilmun. It is such a mysterious land which is always mentioned in all the books, but it is rarely described in further detail.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, great to hear from you! My pleasure, was fun to make. I think I'll make one on Magan soon too... that's a place that also comes up in Sumerian and Akkadian texts. Thanks again for stopping by, stay safe!

[@volodymyrcuza9994]

Thanks a lot for the great video! I'm so interested in the ancient history of Arabia and Gulf states!

[@HistorywithCy]

Glad you enjoyed it, more from the region coming soon, stay tuned!

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Love it!!💚🌹

[@jlselc]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! More to come, stay safe!

[@RTFManuel]

Likely the origin of the later garden of eden / paradise myths. Nice video, thx for the info.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah I can see that... same thing with the story of Ziusudra and Noah. Thanks so much for stopping by, appreciate it!

[@dunkirchen1940]

My Great-Uncle Bartholomew Kestell was part of the archaeology team that initially discovered Dilmun. I wish I could have talked with him about it, but he died when I was very young.

[@user-hc8cd6lp5x]

I am from dilmun thanks for sharing 🇧🇭

[@HistorywithCy]

Salaam and thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!

[@robbabcock_]

I'd never heard of Dilmun, nice program!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks! Yeah, most people haven't and it's not mentioned too much, but I was fascinated by it and the place's relationship with the more well-known civilizations of Mesopotamia, so thought it'd be fun to do. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@chubbymoth5810]

Very interesting. I had never heard of Dilmun before, just assumed there must have been something there at that period.

[@HistorywithCy]

Glad you liked the video. Yeah it comes up now and then in Sumerian and later Babylonian texts, interesting and mysterious place. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!

[@Zebred2001]

Personally I suspect that Dilmun was the original homeland of the Sag-giga (Sumerians). Perhaps they represent the surviving branch of the aboriginal population of the whole Arabian peninsula before Semitic tribes pushed them to these margins from the north many millennia before. They eventually colonized southern Mesopotamia as the Ubaid culture (5400 - 3200 B.C.) but always looked back to a golden age in their mythical place of origin. With writing about 3200 B.C. they enter the light of written history.

[@painterQjensen]

What was the sealevel in the persian gulf 6000 years ago.

[@someone-wi4xl]

That is a possibility The desertification of Arabia must have played Huge rule in human migration 8000 years ago That being said We need Y-DNA evidence and Autosomal to see the full picture We have some from ammorites and Canaanites and other Semites in levant But not eastern Semites yet Except for Ebla We need to see Sumerian DNA results and hopefully Arabia as well (dilmun, Al-Magar ...)

[@Zebred2001]

@@painterQjensen That may be relevant but either way - by land or sea - they could have colonized southern Mesopotamia.

[@painterQjensen]

@@Zebred2001 ofc, often in ancient times, travel over lakes / along rivers, was easier and safer than thick forrests. I just suspect, before the oceans rose, was a wery furtile collected landmass. When th saharas was green, there was aquaducts in southeren saudiarabia and yemen. If, enough of the amazon forrest gets cut, it will make the area more dry/ desert like, and ofc, the areas that profit from the cooling effect, the cloud creation and the rivers effect where it meets the ocean, they will also suffer.

[@_robustus_]

painterQ The sea level 6000 years ago is pretty much where it is now.

[@MissCantarella]

Your mic sounds much better. Cheers & keep it up!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback, especially on the technical side of things where I'm still trying to improve. All the best, stay safe!

[@erinaltstadt4234]

Thank you

[@usharasaveen1987]

my fav channel

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, I'm honored! If you have any requests, please don't hesitate to ask...more to come, stay safe!

[@theautoman22]

When one researches this site in old writings this is the original garden of Eden mentioned in the Bible

[@tangren3370]

True, in Akkadian, Dilmun is called "Edin" (meaning something like "fertile ground" ) ; the etymological origin of Eden ;)

[@kellymontgomery1293]

good stuff. thank you. some of us believe that Dilmun is the connecting link between Sumer and Egypt. Nimrod became Osiris

[@swilson5320]

I’m a fan of yours!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks so much, really appreciate it...I'm a fan of all my viewers too! More to come, stay tuned!

[@Nacidodelmar]

Sublime, exaltado lirismo belleza en su estado puro, poesía de las esferas...Los dioses mansos.

[@magnus3716]

Nice!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks!

[@john-paulderosa356]

If you added reference citations so that viewers could easily find what to read in order to learn more and evaluate your various statements for themselves I think it would elevate your already informative and interesting video to a higher level of public service.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Actually I've listed the sources that I used in the video description, see the link "Sources and Suggested Reading." If you click on that it'll take you to the channel website where you can find more things to read. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, stay safe!

[@JacquesLapeyre]

Elamite raiders nothing, who wants to cross the Gedrosian desert? I've read Arrian, I'll take a boat thank you.

[@Pentagathusosaurus]

Transport by water is usually just much more efficient, it would take a lot of pack animals to carry what you can fit in a single boat. Even today it's cheaper to ship cargo to Australia from the UK than it is to send it by land to Switzerland.

[@Ugloke]

The text says exactly where it is!

[@majid6319]

You should make more videos about eastern Arabia :)

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my goal eventually... I just need to find more info on it. I might put one out on ancient Magan/Makkan soon. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!

[@majid6319]

@@HistorywithCy as a 🇸🇦 we don’t really know about pre Islamic Arabia beacuse the sands took the artifacts so thanks

[@HistorywithCy]

@@majid6319 Hi! True, but there are some sources and archaeological sites that have been uncovered, not nearly as many as in Iraq or Syria, but they're there. The things they're not as popular so less interest/funding has been given to excavate them. I'll see what I can find though. Thanks again, stay safe!

[@RobbyHouseIV]

Do you have any information on the area known as Maka (Modern Day United Arab Emirates) which many mapes show was a satrapy of the Persian Empire under Darius the Great?

[@KeinsingtonCisco]

good job prob have to watch again and the only constructive criticism i have is that you could of added a bit of info about the balouch-luristan gap which correctly so included marashi and jiroft missed cheers

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah those are great suggestions. Maybe in a separate video...I know that several have requested the Jiroft culture. Thanks again for stopping by, always appreciate it and your comments. Stay safe!

[@KeinsingtonCisco]

@@HistorywithCy what are the names of the two tributary kings of dilmun on the neo-Assyrian inscription?

[@HistorywithCy]

@@KeinsingtonCisco They are Uperi who paid tribute to Sargon II and Hundaru who paid tribute to Ashurbanipal. Any other questions, please don't hesitate to let me know...thanks!

[@KeinsingtonCisco]

@@HistorywithCy I heard of Uperi but Hundaru is quite interesting indeed thanks cheers

[@reginadelgraal]

Now, the second part of my videos about the ancient civilization in Bahrain. Again, I would dedicate this video to King of Bahrain and all royal family, hoping His Majesty appreciates. Check on yt: " The earthly paradise, fabulous Dilmun"

[@tariganter6238]

Very useful to find Sargonic scripture stating that Meluhha is 240 marching hours from Mari in Sumer. My suggestion it is the Yemeni port of Luhhayah (me- Luhha) is very strong. For Magan it could be (Makkan) which is the current Makkah. Melluha also means black land or land of blacks من المفيد جدًا العثور على نصوص سرجونية تنص على أن ملوحة تقع على بعد 240 ساعة مسيرة من ماري في سومر. اقتراحي أنها ميناء لوحية اليمني قوي جدا. بالنسبة لمجان يمكن أن تكون (ماكان) وهي مكة الحالية. الملوحة تعني أيضًا الأرض السوداء أو أرض السود

[@supersaiyan460]

Meluhha are indus civilization people

[@jimmmount3287]

Having watched a ton of your vids over the past week or so, it surprised me that the algorithm suggested other vids on Dilmun and not yours when I searched the term. I really wish it had, because those were some straight up nonsense.

[@julians7268]

Has Cy done any videos covering the Indus Civilizations? I wonder if there is as much information for that area as there appears to be for the middle east.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi. Yeah so far I have two: Introduction to the Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilization kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnyqomhsjrVsbqs Introduction to India's Vedic Age kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2mQomSrm9SMibs Any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again!

[@julians7268]

@@HistorywithCy sorry, I should have been able to dig that up myself, but thanks!

[@HistorywithCy]

No problem!

[@florencioigual]

Not a word about the exploration of the island by Nearchus on his way back from the Indus River?

[@JaredUA]

Would you consider making a video about Scythians, Cimmerians, ancient peoples of Ukraine. Thanks in advance

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Scythians is already in the works, Cimmerians I'll check to see if I can find some good sources on them. Thanks for the suggestions, stay safe!

[@JaredUA]

@@HistorywithCy Thanks a lot! :)

[@RobbyHouseIV]

I'm surprised Dilmun wasn't better connected or configured into the spice/incense trade.

[@mQCwi]

These areas are older than the Achaemenid Empire.

[@funkyfiss]

Sounds also like the Greek Hyperboria. So interesting that all these ancient people had the same stories and agreed on the same things. Maybe this place really did exist.

[@donaldbarry5074]

David Rohl suggests that the origins of Dynastic Egypt were from Dilmun. Any evidence to suggest this?

[@beldegrom]

I would love to hear something about the Sumerian's as a people. How were they, what were their customs? How did they greet each other? What did they pay with for a jug of beer? What was the role of women in the society? How did they treat slaves? Law and punishment system... stuff like that would make for an interesting video, I belive. What made them different from us, and what were the similiarities.

[@esomax5419]

السومريين كانو عرباً لذلك تصرفاتهم مثل العرب القدماء (العرب سكان الحاضرة وليس العرب البدو) ، اعلم انكم تقرأون تاريخ مختلف في الغرب بسبب الخلاف السياسي والديني ، ولم يكن هناك شيء مميز في حياتهم

[@beldegrom]

@@esomax5419 I see. Is this a common opinion in arabic lands?

[@esomax5419]

@@beldegrom نعم عند كبار السن بالأخص

[@armychowmein8021]

That poem was very interesting. Mostly, I wonder why the old woman was mentioned before the old man? Does the word for woman or old woman simply fit better in the structure of the poem better than man or old man? I also wonder what they are meaning by sick-eyed and sick-headed? Do they mean someone who is blind or of poor eyesight? Is sick-headed to be understood as crazed or what we would now understand as mental illness?

[@boshlankh9638]

I’m not an academic but I’m guessing A) old woman was mentioned first because that just happens sometimes and people mention things in various orders B) sick-eyed means blind or eye infection or something C) sick-headed means prime to migraines or headaches or something

[@charlesmartin1121]

Dil'whom? Never heard of the place. But thats why I watch 'History by Cy.'

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, means I'm doing my job! Glad you're into this more obscure stuff and definitely more of it to come. Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!

[@willtipton100]

DIL'WHOM I'M DYING

[@guythat779]

Wonderful video, concise and to the point Just one note on qalat al bahrain It's just the literal transliteration of "bahrain fort" If you look it up on Google it's very apparent but for some reason al academic texts i saw on the topic insist on sounding as cryptic as possible And if i can give 1 pronunciation note in case it ever comes up (unlikely but still) Diraz can just be pronounced Draz it's how everyone says it Dee raz is quite noticeably not that Ofc i don't blame you the translation scene for names from arabic to English is quite awful, even though i understand why it was spelled like that it still doesn't work out well does it

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

I live near dilmun

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh nice, always wanted to visit. I'm been close... had a stopover in Doha once. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

@@HistorywithCy no problem,i enjoy your vids its entertaining actually. i live in Dammam if you know that city im originally from an Oasis city called alhufuf.

[@aliuyar6365]

The geological structure of the area is such that all the infiltrated rain water of the arabian desert surfaces at Bahrain (even crossing the sea below ground). There was a water, agriculture and games. It may be a beautiful place to live at 3000 before Christ.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

I wish I knew more of this, 20 years ago, when I had shore leave in Bahrain. It would have been worth it to see, even if I could only see half buried ruins.

[@SCOTTBULGRIN]

I was on the LA SALLE in the late 80s and was a member of the Bahrain Archeological Society. I got to visit alot of these sites.

[@Etic335]

😊🌿

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it!

[@PAGANONYMOUS]

2:22 Dilmun was much more than that. It's also submerged under the gulf. The real garden of Eden now flooded. It's quite sad really.

[@nurfacealways]

Is enki adam?

[@Isaiah11823]

💯

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks for watching!

[@Isaiah11823]

@@HistorywithCy 🙏🏾 Absolutely

[@gutar5675]

Are Ziusudra and Utnapishtim the same person?

[@colinp2238]

The bull's head statue looks like Miss Piggy.

[@HistorywithCy]

Lol actually you're right, it does to an extent. If there weren't horns I would have mistaken it for a pig.

[@thhseeking]

Kermeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! XD

[@abubarrie88]

Random thought, given that Dilmun is located in Bahrain in the Middle East, how and why does the poem make reference to a wolf snatching a lamb? Wolfs aren’t native nor live anywhere close to the region of the world ?

[@hocine5481]

They do

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it. There's actually an animal called the Arabian wolf that lives in the Gulf region. I'm sure there must have been more of them back in the day. Thanks again for the comments, appreciate them, stay safe!

[@hazanaimon6458]

This is actually a very interesting topic in it self ...because up until the end of the first world war there were Lions,Ostrichers,Gazelle,leopards,Cheetahs,wolf and etc roaming all over arabia and the middle east

[@sarahalotaibi1230]

In Arabia peninsula there are wolves, dears, leopards, oaks, so much more.

[@eddycoronado8381]

👍

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!

[@hassanalzaher3893]

One city on the East Coast of Saudi Arabia is called today 'Enk or 'Enek. I am from that very region and I don't even know the meaning of that name. The God Enki of Dilmun seems pretty close to that city name today. The name is consider pre Arabic by locals. Another city is called Seihat, a third city is Tarout, a four is Darin, and many, many others. All of them are semitic names that we are not sure what they mean.

[@giakolou2876]

That’s cool, do you have any signs of ancient buildings in area? Have you ever found any ancient objects? Or ancient writings? It is possible you are from that area that was cradle of civilisation, you should film some videos of your area. Lmk if you do.?

[@ArtDocHound]

How was the climate different back then?

[@HistorywithCy]

Hmm, good question. Not sure exactly, but I'm sure there were some changes around 1200 BCE like in other parts of the world and they much have had some effect on Dilmun as well. Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it!

[@tehu3218]

In the history books of Bahrain (Dilmun) it states that the place was a lush green paradise with fresh water everywhere.

[@someone-wi4xl]

@@tehu3218 Arabia over all was a green lush land with rivers ... before climate changed and became the arid land we know today Kingdom of Dilmun (eastern Arabia) was described as a paradise

[@reginadelgraal]

I would dedicate this video about ancient civilization of Bahrain, to royal family and all citiziens of this nice country; check on yt: "the earthly paradise was it in the persian gulf?"

[@vedicviki1669]

It was established & developed by the mighty Meluhans, the Indus valley people. Dilmun & Magan was their colony.

[@hassanalzaher3893]

Citation needed. Indians are known to lie left and right without any shame. Please provide some credible evidence with sources.

[@user-vs7gv4cn8o]

Bullshit

[@user-vs7gv4cn8o]

Dilmun arab

[@Infiniteemptiness]

Indians Indus people have many settlements in Bahrain and also Mesopotamia. Most of trade with Mesopotamia is with Indus valley so I believe dilmun prospered as it centre of both civilizations trading route

[@hassanalzaher3893]

The opposite is true also. Semitic people settled along the west coast of Insdia as well.

[@Infiniteemptiness]

@@hassanalzaher3893 That's much later after 300bce

[@hassanalzaher3893]

@@Infiniteemptiness You must be one of these typical Indian nationalist guys that throw lies left and right without a shred of evidence. You're the worst on the internet. Unlike your comedic claims, I have read many actual scientific archeological speculations and theorizing that the native Semitic people of East Arabian Civilizations were the ones that colonized and developed Indians at the beginning of the 3rd Millennium BC. Let me quote here some of the typical archeological speculations about India being 'civilized' by people of Dilmun at around 2800 to 2500 BC: From the museum of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Quote " The Dilmun-Indus equation, if correct, will help to clarify the baffling problem of the origin and rise of the Indus civilization, especially in regard to the ethnic and linguistic affiliation of the Indus people. There is some reason to surmise that the rise of the Indus cities was in the nature of a cultural “explosion” or “revolution” due to the arrival in India of a new ethnic group which had already attained a high degree of civilization. For there is not too much in the remains of the pre-Indus settlements excavated at Harappa, Kot Diji, or Amri, which could be regarded as the forerunner of the Indus cities and towns with their carefully planned buildings and streets, their water cult and purification rites, their well-developed pictographic script, and their bustling water-borne trade. As for the time when this highly civilized people came to India to which it transplanted some of the skills and ideas developed in its original habitat, the likelihood is that it took place early in the third millennium, some time about 2800 B.C., since it must have taken several centuries for the Indus civilization to grow to the size it had become about 2500 B.C. Now it is hardly likely that this people came to India from anywhere but Mesopotamia. For it is in Mesopotamia that we first find a fully developed urban civilization with monumental architecture, a pictographic script utilized for administrative purposes, and flourishing trade relations with neighboring countries by land and sea. " Unquote. The maritime civilization of Sumerian was local, and all actual global maritime connection of Mesopotamians was "strictly" done by non other than Dilmun. Specifically, the civilization of east of Arabia with the two metropolises of Qatif, and Al-Hassa in Saudi Arabia, plus the island of Awal aka Bahrain, along with other smaller islands. Btw, the quote is from 1964 before knowing the Sumerian-text-praised Dilmun was actually east of Arabia. Before that was established, many Indian nationalists, like you, tried very hard to make Dilmun a place in India itself, which we know today is a lie. We all know that Dilmun know is considered the eastern Arabia civilization for sure, started in east of today's Saudi Arabia, then colonized Bahrain island later. Oh and btw, the God of Dilmun Enki is the name of Enek city in Eastern Saudi Arabia today. I literally live there. The city name is well-known locally to be of ancient origin whose meaning was lost. Your cute story of 300 BC is the typical baseless Indian guy spreading lies on the internet without shame. There is this habit of baselessly praising India and get away with it. Well that is fine, until you are confronted by somebody actually resides in the land of Dilmun itself. That shit won't fly. India is 'just' another place on earth that was heavily influenced and colonized by the native people of the Ubaid era in east of Arabia and South of Mesopotamia, for better for worse, that's the most likely actual history.

[@Bigsharter]

Bro why does everyone forget that parts of Kuwait were also apart of dilmun 💀💔

[@vinnytrash2866]

Ziusudra sounds a bit like Zarathustra

[@brandenmanuel2037]

I’ve heard that Dilmun might have been an inspiration for the Garden of Eden in the Bible.

[@yaruqadishi8326]

It's the most well-known just like the Gilgamesh story is well as the anuma a leash and ball cycle because it's what's accessible right now when other pieces are going to be found they're going to start coming into light and being known

[@arabiangolf5504]

الخليج العربي

[@benwillis2064]

Annu, Enki and Enli Anunnaki

[@bethbartlett5692]

Noah was said to have made this his post flood home. 85 burial mounds found here. Taller and healthier peoples. (Perhaps a DNA adjustment?)

[@obee8756]

Very interesting topic. If you know where Dilmun is, then you must know where Havillah is? So, where is it?

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks so much for the feedback, really appreciate it. Hmm, I don't recall the name Havillah. Is it a place in the Gulf region?

[@user-lx1ez6tf9r]

Do a history on the arab

[@HistorywithCy]

One day I will, thanks for the suggestion and for watching!

[@lukacvitkovic8550]

Long ago, when I was a dumb teenager and really into ancient alien bullshit, I remember that sitchin decided Dilmun translates best as "Land of Rocket Powered Flying Craft" and also it was Sinai for some reason but anyway my head imploded and I got smarter

[@freefall9832]

I liked aliens and Bigfoot as a kid, it was fun at the time

[@randolph84brown]

The entire Sumerian Civilization is based off Ancient Aliens... Just because you learned of more evidence of how the people lived doesn't mean the origin is suddenly irrelevant...

[@lukacvitkovic8550]

@@randolph84brown so the ancient aliens used copper tools?

[@enkisonofanu2301]

But is Bahrain is Dilmun or are you presuming it's Dilmun?

[@balasundaravelvel7865]

Dilmun தலைமண்

[@keiferalford7961]

Just one problem.... In the epic of Gilgamesh the hero Gilgamesh had to travel to Dulmun but in order to get there he had to travel first through the mountain region of Lebanon and the cedar forest... also they're were mountains in Dilmun...there is NO mountains in Bahrain or that part of Arabia...it's quite flat. The Sumarians also stated Dilmun was where the sun rises...east..so there is NO way Dilmun is in Bahrain or Arabia according to Sumarians themselves. Can't be... and wishing won't make it so....a desire of Arabia and Bahrain won't make it so. Dilmun according to Sumarians and their myths and legends has Dilmun east of the Lebanon cedar forest somewhere in those mountainous regions.

[@christelepedro-leal7362]

DOMMAGE QUE CE DOCUMANTAIRE SOIT EN ANGLAIS😮😭😭😭🥺😫

[@rimacalid6557]

You forgot to mention that Dilmun population are the forefathers of the Canaanites.

[@mimihw]

Why Dilmun's discoveries are limited - there are no organized missions like the Egyptian civilization.

[@thhseeking]

I'd rather that people didn't say things like "Ziusudra, the Sumerian version of Noah", when the story of Ziusudra predates that of Noah by some centuries. That story only came in Hebrew mythology while they were in Babylon, along with the story of the baby put in a basket and sent downriver to become a great man. That was Sargon the Great.

[@andre.win200]

They were not wrong about the paradise. That's where oil and gas are

[@mecanopasensa660]

Not matter how you may intend to confuse the truth, it wouldn't go the Lies as far as the truth will be there at the end wating to Judge the lies.

[@PCGameNerd917]

Dilmun was garden of Eden.

[@girlwholovespopcorn]

hey its pronounced Dilmun the way its written and not Dil-moon.

[@kurdisumeri1526]

Sumerian was kurd and glgamesh was kurdish gil means nation or people and gamesh means the female of ox and read soran hama rashid book then u know that Sumeri was Kurd and similar language and 469 common word and more similar words and term sorani taken and came from sumeri term after islam came kurds separated the term sumeri changed to sorani. and they are aryan just like kurds.

[@xg1386]

no sumrian was arabs

[@hassanalzaher3893]

If anything Kurds are trying to steal the history of Semites and pre-semite Mesopotamians. That is pathetic. The common words are because Kurds settled in Iraq and appropriated many words from that land. Not the opposite. Kurds were nomadic iranics until the last millennium BC.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

There's those huge Anunaki with their regular humans working hard for them.

[@tumpau1098]

Usually, it is highly risky to accept whatever archeologists say or said because of simple reason we can't read and pronounce exactly the languages of our ancients from their writings on the rocks or tablet particularly the Sumerians. Nevertheless, accepting the the story by archeologists and others, they say the Sumerians emigrated from the north that is by Western coast of the Caspian sea. If this were the case, then its outcome could be something different from the common sense, first the epics usually are the story of the past of emigrants during their dispatching from their original place to settle in a new place which orally narrated by memories, therefore, they oriented from North to South then calling Dilmune as Bahrein is somehow unacceptable. Well, the nearest place which corresponding to the original place of the Sumerians are Gilan which is the northern province of Persia in Southwest of Caspian sea, the similarities of the words and pronouciation are considerable. Gilgamesh and Gilan, Dilmune and Daylaman another name for Gilan. Thick darkness and siahkal which means black or dark land, the mountain which reaches to heaven could be Damavand which is not found in Bahrain. The most important part is the jungle near the sea that could be a Paradise. Gilamesh also can mean bull man comparable with Geomarth or Geomard which means bull man or generally a lamasso.