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== Flood Myth ==
== Flood Myth ==
* see [End of Ice Age]
* see [End of Ice Age]
* during the Ice Age, the Persian Gulf was terrestrial and the Indian Ocean marked the coastline around modern Dubai.
* Sumer was along low-lying land
* Sumer was along low-lying land
** so ocean rise would be quicker than on areas that had larger elevation rise
** so ocean rise would be quicker than on areas that had larger elevation rise

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Flood Myth[edit | edit source]

  • see [End of Ice Age]
  • during the Ice Age, the Persian Gulf was terrestrial and the Indian Ocean marked the coastline around modern Dubai.
  • Sumer was along low-lying land
    • so ocean rise would be quicker than on areas that had larger elevation rise
  • estimated that in Sumer/ Mesopotamia, the waters rose 328 feet per year
    • or 3.3 feet every three days

>> sources to confirm: this from Collapse of Civilizations podcast

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