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Dilmun was an important trading centre. At the height of its power, it controlled the Persian Gulf trading routes.<ref name="hoj"/> According to some modern theories, the [[Sumer]]ians regarded Dilmun as a sacred place,<ref>{{cite book|last=Rice|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Rice (Egyptologist)|title=Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000–2000 BC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fC6DAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA230|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-49263-3}}, page 230</ref> but that is never stated in any known ancient text. Dilmun was mentioned by the Mesopotamians as a trade partner, a source of [[copper]], and a trade [[entrepôt]].
The Sumerian tale of the garden paradise of Dilmun may have been an inspiration for the [[Garden of Eden]] story.<ref name="ed">{{cite book|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=jwddi0p4jQkC |page=10 }} |title=Getting Back Into the Garden of Eden|author=Edward Conklin|page=10}}</ref><ref name="University of Pennsylvania Press">{{cite book|last1=Kramer|first1=Samuel Noah|title=Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C.: Revised Edition|date=1961|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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