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Northern lands

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Modern country name Modern region name Modern subregion name Modern physiographic region name Ancient region name Ancient country name Earliest recorded claimants to make direct contact
Turkey Anatolia Mediterranean region Mediterranean basin Upper sea[a]
Amanus mountains[e] Mashu and the Cedar forest[f]
Eastern Anatolia region Mount Ararat Hurum mountain[i] Aratta[j]

Central lands

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Modern physiographic region name Modern region name Modern subregion name Modern country name Modern administrative division name Modern physiographic subregion name Ancient region name
Tigris-Euphrates Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia Iraq Upper Zab Erbil Gutium
Lower Zab Halabja Lulubum
สฟAdhaim Kirkuk Hamazi
Shubur
Diyala Sulaymaniyah Simurrum
Akkad
Central Mesopotamia
Babil Kish
Lower Mesopotamia
Al-Qadisiyah Sumer
Dhi Qar Gu-Edin

Western lands

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Eastern lands

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Countries Regions Locations Peoples Languages
Khuzestan plain Susiana
๐’ˆน๐’‚ž๐’† 
ลกuลกinki

Khuzestan Province
Elamites
๐’‰๐’ˆ ๐’† 
elam.maki
Elamite
๐’…ด ๐’‰๐’ˆ ๐’† 
eme elam.maki
(Language isolate)
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Elamite cuneiform
Iranian plateau Anshan
๐’€ญ๐’บ๐’€ญ๐’† 
an.ลกaโ‚„.anki

Fars Province
Shimashki
๐’‡ป๐’‹ข๐’† 
ลกimaลกkiki

Isfahan Province
Elam
๐’‰๐’† 
elamki

Ilam Province
Awan
๐’€€๐’‰ฟ๐’€ญ๐’† 
a.wa.anki

Lorestan Province
Hurti
๐’„ท๐’„ฏ๐’‹พ๐’† 
แธซu.urโ‚….tiki
Zagros mountains Lulubum
๐’‡ป๐’‡ป๐’๐’Œ๐’† 
lu.lu.bu.umki

Kurdistan Province
Lullubi
๐’‡ป๐’‡ป๐’‰๐’† 
lu.lu.biki
Lullubi
(Unclassified language)
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Akkadian cuneiform
Simurrum
๐’‹›๐’ˆฌ๐’Š’๐’Œ๐’† 
si.mu.ru.umki

Kermanshah Province
Hamazi
๐’„ฉ๐’ˆ ๐’ฃ๐’† 
แธซa.ma.ziki

Hamadan Province
Gutium
๐’„–๐’‹พ๐’Œ๐’† 
gu.ti.umki

West Azerbaijan Province
Gutians
๐’„–๐’‹พ๐’Œ๐’† 
gu.ti.umki
Gutian
(Unclassified language)
๐’…ด๐’„–๐’‹พ๐’Œ
eme gu.ti.um
Aratta
๐’‡ถ๐’† 
arattaki

East Azerbaijan Province
Balochistan Marhasi
๐’ˆฅ๐’„ฉ๐’…†๐’† 
mar.แธซa.ลกiki

Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Meluhha
๐’ˆจ๐’ˆ›๐’„ฉ๐’† 
me.luแธซ.แธซaki

Balochistan
Harappan Harappan
(Unclassified language)
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Indus script

Southern lands

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Dilmun

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Magan

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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Sumerian: ๐’…†๐’‰๐’ˆ ๐’Šบ ๐’€€๐’€Š๐’€, romanized: iginimmaลกe aสพabak; transliterated: igi.nim.ma.ลกe a.ab.ba; anglicized: Iginimmashe Aสพabak; lit.'upper sea'; translated: Upper Sea
  2. ^ Lugalannemundu may have r. c. 2450, c. 2400, c. 2350, c. 2340 BCE.
  3. ^ Lugalzagesi may have r. c. 2355 โ€“ c. 2330, c. 2340 โ€“ c. 2316, c. 2350 BCE.
  4. ^ Sargon may have r. c. 2335 โ€“ c. 2280, c. 2334 โ€“ c. 2279, c. 2350, c. 2340 BCE.
  5. ^ Sumerian: ๐’‚ผ๐’€€๐’ˆ ๐’„ฏ๐’Š•; transliterated: ama.a.numโ‚‚ แธซur.saล‹
  6. ^ Sumerian: ๐’†ณ๐’„‘๐’‚ž๐’‹ป; kur.ล‹eลกerin.kud; lit.'Mountains of Cedar-felling'
  7. ^ Gilgamesh may have r. c. 3000, c. 2700, c. 2670, c. 2650 BCE.
  8. ^ Naram-Suen may have r. c. 2254 โ€“ c. 2218 BCE.
  9. ^ Sumerian: ๐’„ฏ๐’Š’๐’Œ ๐’†ณ๐’†ช๐’Š; แธซur.ru.um kur.ku.ra; lit.'Mountain Cave'
  10. ^ Sumerian: ๐’‡ถ๐’† ; arattaki
  11. ^ Enmerkar may have r. c. 3500, c. 3400, c. 3100, c. 2750, c. 2730 BCE.

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