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Bahrain

Qal'at al-Bahrain is a mound 12 metres high, made of settlements built one on top of another from about 2300 BC. Its oldest layers belong to Dilmun, a trading power of the ancient Gulf.

Where its story happens

Qal'at al-Bahrain, at 26.23°N, 50.52°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Bahrain

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Bahrain, a small island country in the Gulf, between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. See Bahrain on a map.
  2. It is an island kingdom in the Gulf, joined to Saudi Arabia by a causeway 25 km long.
  3. Its pearls were prized around the world, and divers gathered them here for more than 2,000 years.
  4. Its name means 'two seas' in Arabic.
  5. The capital of Dilmun, a trading land that Sumerian myth paints as a paradise, is thought to have stood on this island.

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