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Meluhha
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' or ' ( ) is the Sumerian name of a prominent trading partner of Sumer during the Middle Bronze Age. Its identification remains an open question, but most scholars associate it with the Indus Valley Civilisation.

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2350-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2000-00-00
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  • Etymology
  • Trade with Sumer
  • Inscriptions
  • "Meluhha dog"
  • Meluhhan trading colony in Sumer
  • Artifacts
  • Animal figurines
  • Maritime materials trade
  • Conflict with the Akkadians and Neo-Sumerians
  • Identification with the Indus Valley
  • "Meluhha" as Meroe, in the 14th–2nd centuries BCE
  • Rulers
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

' or ' ( ) is the Sumerian name of a prominent trading partner of Sumer during the Middle Bronze Age. Its identification remains an open question, but most scholars associate it with the Indus Valley Civilisation.

==Etymology==

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