Oman's Magan: The Bronze Age Copper Empire

Long before the Ya'aruba or the Busaidi, before frankincense and dhows, Oman was Magan — the copper mountain that supplied ancient Sumer. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Bronze Age civilization that built ships to carry ingots across the Indian Ocean, traded with Meluhha (the Indus Valley) and Dilmun (Bahrain), and left behind towering smelting slag heaps in the Hajar Mountains. They discuss the Sumerian king Gudea of Lagash, who boasted of fetching copper from Magan; the Uluburun shipwreck, which may have carried Omani copper; and the legendary epic of Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, which hints at early trade routes. They also touch on the mysterious decline of Magan's copper industry around 2000 BCE, possibly due to deforestation and shifting trade networks. Witness the forgotten industrial might of ancient Oman. #Magan #Oman #BronzeAge #CopperTrade #Sumer #Dilmun #Meluhha #IndianOcean #HajarMountains #GudeaOfLagash #Uluburun #Enmerkar #Lugalbanda #TellAbraq #RasAlHadd #IndusValley #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo