addition to Mesopotamia?
2006-07-15 18:34:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
While I respect everyone's opinions, it would be nice to be able to ask a scientifically-based question, without receiving pre-formed, dogmatic religious statements, that are irrelevant...A special thanks to "Dude" for his brilliant link!
2006-07-16 05:53:16 · update #1
there was a documentary on PBS about that not to long ago, they have found evidence of stone age villages around what had been an ancient lake at the bottom of the Black Sea, the theory has possibilities
2006-07-15 18:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, the entire earth was destroyed by a global cataclysm, which INCLUDED a flood, but also consisted of violent upheavals such as massive geysers (most of the water came from under the earth), volcanoes, and much more. It is speculated that the whole thing was triggered as a result of the earth passing through a mass of tremendous meteorites, which may be why the moon is pelted with many more huge craters on one side than the other.
Anyway, my point is, all civilization was destroyed, and mountain ranges were created. All landmarks would have been completely wiped out, so when the ark settled, Noah and his descendants named the mountains and rivers after those that they were familiar with before the flood, but they floated for a year, and could easily have settled down on the opposite side of the earth from where they started.
Based on this, it is feasible that they boarded the ark in North America, or Antarctica for that matter.
So I would say that the answer to your question would be 'yes'.
2006-07-16 01:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to ask, what flood? But you probably mean that one in the Bible. Well, as I understand it, the earth was formed in 4004 B.C., so the Flood must've been after that. On the other hand, there was agriculture in Mesopotamia 12,000 years ago, so that would've been before the earth was formed. Since the Black Sea wasn't here before the earth was here, the answer to your question must be no.
2006-07-16 02:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by bpiguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "cradle of civilization". Spontaneous development happened everwhere. .
2006-07-16 12:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by sighman_legris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oooohhhh... I like that idea. whats the theory for this
2006-07-16 01:37:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋