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  • Failaka Island

    Failaka Island is a Kuwaiti Island in the Arabian Gulf. Mesopotamians settled in Failaka at least a century before the Dilmun civilization. Traders from the Sumerian city of Ur occupied Failaka and ran a mercantile business. Failaka had many Mesopotamian-style buildings typical of those found in Iraq dating from around 2000 BC.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Sa’ad and Sae’ed Area in Failaka Island.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Failaka Island
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    Failaka Island

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2013

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Kuwait

    Al Asimah Governorate

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    Third Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

    Mixed

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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