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Name: Magan

Type: Polity

Start: 2299 BC

End: 550 BC

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An ancient polty which was referred to in Sumerian cuneiform texts of around 2300 BC. It was located in what is now modern day United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Establishment

  • January 2299 BC: Magan was an ancient region located in modern-day Oman which was referred to in Sumerian cuneiform texts of around 2300 BC.

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    Disestablishment

  • January 549 BC: Magan existed until 550 BC as a source of copper and diorite for Mesopotamia.

    • Selected Sources

  • Wolfgang Heimpel: Magan. In: Dietz-Otto Edzard u. a.: Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Bd. 7. de Gruyter, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-1101-0437-7, S. 195–199.

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