10 questions
What were the Dilmun people known for?
Great armies
Great artists
Great traders
Great sailors
Which of the choices below is one of the reasons that the Dilmun civilization ultimately failed?
They decided to move to New Zealand
Changing weather patterns meant that the importation of food, especially from the Nile Valley became very difficult.
They were conquered by Rome
All of the ships that used to sail up and down the Arabian Gulf were changed from cargo ships to fishing ships. The Dilmun did not like fish, so they had to leave.
Which of the civilisations below, did the Dilmun trade with?
Inca
Egyptian
Mesopotamian
Greek
Which country is in the GCC?
Bahrain
Australia
Thailand
Pakistan
What form of writing did the Ancient Dilmun use?
Arabic
Hieroglyphs
Cuneiform
English
How do we know about Ancient Dilmun?
Friends
Seals
Newspaper reports
Romans told us
Apart from Dilmun Seals, what is another way that we have found out about the people of this civilisation?
We have opened their burial mounds and found artefacts buried with the people.
We found one of their libraries and were able to translate their language.
In the book 'My life in the Dilmun Civilisation,' an ancient Dilmun sailor told us all about what it was like.
They invaded several other nearby countries, Dilmun information is everywhere.
Which is another country where the Dilmun Civilisation also had a presence?
England
Saudi Arabia
Japan
United States of America
What type of building still survives in the North of Bahrain that was important to the Dilmun
A boat builders workshop
A palace
A fort
A house
What is the ancient civilisation that once lived in Bahrain?
The Romans
The Inca
The Dilmun
The Maori