The study's Entrepreneur Magan

Magan is an ancient region that is mentioned in any posts ancient Sumerian people around 2300 BC as a source of copper and diorite for Mesopotamia. Sumerian people living in southern Mesopotamia, known as the early civilization in the world. Magan's location is not known exactly, but most of the events in arkelogi and Magan geology that is part of that is now Oman.

While some archeologists said that the place is an area known as Yemen Ma'in. Loss of business with the Indus, the copper from Magan and replaced copper from Cyprus. Business in general Magan done with before the king Ur Gutian of Ur. Once their business is stopped, Ur (Urnamu) rebuilding roads and business between the two nations at the 2100 BC. Ur is inhabited by The Kaldan and is the birth place of Prophet Abraham

The city ruins of Ur in Iraq
In the Sumerian texts that describe the cargo ship with 20 tons sailed Arabia and the Gulf to stop the Dilmun (Bahrain time) to capture fresh water before proceeding. In the text also said that the Magan is located in the south and Sumerian Dilmun, which is often visited by traders from the Indus Valley. Magan land has a high mountain range that contains the diorite and made mine. Diorite is a very hard rock that's hard to be chiselled, the Diorite in Mesit Ancient used to empower granite, ranging from refine, make up until the job is finished completely, so that diorite into something that is very important at that time.

Diorite

Diorite by the Sumerian, Babilonia and Assyiria used in the field of art, ranging used untukmembuat sculpture, flower vase and so forth.
Besides, also used to make the inscription, for example, the famous inscription is Hamurrabi law written on the pillars of the high level of 2 meters from the black diorite. Diorite has a high value in the early Empire Mesopotamia, Akkad's sargon, noted that the deorit is a goal of ekpedisi military. Although many found art with diorite, but better known as Diorite berstruktur stones used for the floor with a high resistance. The Inca and Mayan diorite to use the wall and beteng weapons. Meanwhile, during the mid-Islam diorite used in the building.

Statue of King Chephren Diorite

Flower vase from Ancient Egypt Diorite

Research conducted since 1970, has found a copper mine and more than 150 places copper smelting. Digging the Museum Tambang Germany has identified a number of seeds in the copper Magan period (2500-2000 BC) and the former mining and smelting copper in the third millennium which is located in the village Maysar in east-central Oman.

The Magan Bus Route

A heap batangan copper flake found in a small fireplace shows a form of copper sold. Oman business located on the route which is very important, because there is a port of Sohar and Muttrah, known by traders spices, textiles and oil. Around 300 BC, Oman is one of the richest countries in the world from the incense abundant at that time that the value is more expensive than gold. Currently, oil and incense replace tempaga as the main source of wealth Oman