Dilmun was the name associated with the Sumerian paradise or garden of the gods.
In Sumerian mythology, Dilmun was portrayed as a pure, extraordinary land linked with the gods and with the creation story. The myth Enki and Ninhursag describes it as a place where predators do not kill, sickness and pain are absent, and people do not grow old. These features make it resemble a paradise rather than an ordinary human settlement.
Dilmun was also a real Bronze Age civilization and trading center in the Persian Gulf. Its core is commonly associated with Bahrain and nearby parts of eastern Arabia, although the precise mythic geography remains debated. Mesopotamian texts called it the “land of the living” and connected it with the rising sun.
The answer is sometimes confused with Eden, Kur, or Aralu. Eden belongs to the Hebrew Bible, Kur is associated with mountains or the underworld depending on context, and Aralu is a Babylonian netherworld. Dilmun’s paradise imagery may have influenced later traditions, but it is not simply identical to the biblical Garden of Eden.