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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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>> sources to confirm: this from Collapse of Civilizations podcast | >> sources to confirm: this from Collapse of Civilizations podcast | ||
[Category:Sumer | [[Category:Sumer]] | ||
[Category: | [[Category:Ice Age]] | ||
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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