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Probably has more to do with the first cultures that developed agriculture living near large rivers.
by kaonashi 12y ago
Probably has more to do with the first cultures that developed agriculture living near large rivers.
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoIIRC, there is some evidence of a very large flood in...western Asia, I think?...caused by a highland sea breaking through a natural dam and emptying into a lowland area, right around the time that humans were starting to keep histories. It was big enough to affect multiple distinct cultures at the time. There's a theory that that's the origin of the ubiquitous Great Flood stories.
- cholmon 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis
- will_work4tears 12y agoAlso the Missoula Floods[0], though it's possible nobody was really around, and if there was, probably not many ( assuming humans started migrating ~18,000 years ago, it's possible some were there) [0]-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods
- waps 12y agoHe might mean this, since the time period is a bit more correct : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis