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Failaka Island
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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.
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Country: Kuwait
District: Al Asimah Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Bronze Age
Later Cultures: Mixed
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Sa’ad and Sae’ed Area in Failaka Island
Date of Submission: 2013
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