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Bahrain through the ages

By: Abdul Rahman Mosameh

Bahrain National Museum
Ministyr of lnformation

he history of Bahrain can be taken in two distinct parts viz.,
Bahrain lslands
Historical Bahrain Area, (covering from South of Basrah to the North of Oman)

Chronocological History of Bahrain:

‫ﺯ‬IGLCA OPCLEOREIO.D, STONE AGE.S PERIOBD .• 8000 to 6000
DILMUN ERA, FIRST PERIOD ... 3000 to 2000 B.C. (SUMERIAN and INDUS
٩ALLEY were related to DILMUN)
DILMUN ERA, SECOND PERIOD ... 2000 to 1600 B.C. (BARBAR TEMPLE built
DI‫ﺭ‬MUN CITY ... trading)
DILMUN ERA, THIRD PERIOD ... 1600 ٤o 1200 B.C. (GROUP BURIAL MOUNDS
uilt)
DILMUN ERA, FOURTH PERIOD ... 1200 to 650 B.C.
.:‫ﺭ‬LOS PERIOD, ،.. 450 B.C. to 200 A.D. (GREEK PERIOD)
٩WAL (Pre ISLAMIC) PERIOD
ARLY MODERN BAHRAIN PERIOD
AL-KHALIFA PERIOD is the final stage in the long history of BAHRAIN.

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