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Kinda puts the old religous flood stories in a different context eh? There were almost certainly costal communities who were consumed by rising sea levels the w
by squirrelicus 7y ago
Kinda puts the old religous flood stories in a different context eh? There were almost certainly costal communities who were consumed by rising sea levels the world over. Recent global flooding.
- ak39 7y agoThe most likely origin of the middle eastern religious “meme” of the flood (Noah etc) is Sumerian plain floods (Mesopotamia). In fact, the stories in Genesis are most likely the retelling of Sumerian technological achievements (farming, building and the concept of time and seasons).
- dredmorbius 7y agoThe inundation of the Black Sea may have occurred during early human times and have been passed down through myths and sagas. There are, of course, numerous other possible events, a synthesis, or even pure fabrication, as the basis.