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The cuneiform tablets of Sargon , one of the most important Akkadian kings, name three eastern territories:
Akkadian trade
Three eastern territories
1. Meluhha
The Harappans
Example:
Beads
Ivory
Timber
Gold dust
2. Dilmun
Today's Bahrain
Example:
Persian Gulf stop
3. Magan
Today's Oman peninsula
Example:
Persian Gulf stop
Their name for it
What it is today
Meluhha
Generally identified with the
Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation
Dilmun
Today's
Bahrain
Magan
Today's
Oman peninsula
of the Persian Gulf
With the Harappans they traded semiprecious stone beads, ivory, timber, gold dust, and probably copper .
This is the solid proof of contact between Mesopotamia and the Harappans.
