Hasn't the sea level "lowered" in the Persian Gulf ? Silting made the sea significantly further away from the Sumerian heartland nowadays than it was back then.

Hasn't the sea level "lowered" in the Persian Gulf ? Silting made the sea significantly further away from the Sumerian heartland nowadays than it was back then. I've always thought the flood narrative archetype had to do with uncontrolled river floods, predating early state building and large irrigation projects. It's certainly that way in China.