Archaologists - question on Persian Gulf?

Question

I can't find an archaeology category, so I am hoping there are some experts perusing this category.

Something I always wondered - civilisation is supposed to have started up in the fertile triangle around the Persian Gulf, or rather in the region of the twin rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates, in present day Iraq. But just prior to civilisations rise, the ice age locked up so much water that the sea-level was up to 100m lower than present, making most of the current Persian Gulf a dry plain, with those great rivers (maybe as one large river) running down almost to what is now the straits of Hormuz.

So, has nobody thought of searching the floor of the Persian Gulf for any evidence of a pre-civilisation. The dry bed of what was sea before the ice age would surely have been a wonderfully fertile land.

Also, the breach of the Bosphorous at the end of the ice age has been suggested as a possible origin of the Noah story. Why not then the breach of the Straits of Hormuz?

Answer 1

Yes people have thought of that and many areas of the earth that are presently underwater are being explored.go check out the nationalgeographic.com

Answer 2

Sea-level changes during the Pleistocene is a very sensitive subject because we cannot generalize any situation. As far as I know, sea-level changes due to the ice sheets have greater effect in inner seas like Black Sea, and smaller effects in the oceans. Level of the Black Sea was very low in the glacial maximum. But at that time, there is not such big change in the sea-level at the Persian Gulf because of its connection with the ocean.

Of course there are some changes all around the world. But they are not the same everywhere.

Possible origin of the Noah story, is just a speculation. It has no relation with the modern science. Recent researches in the sea of Marmara, showed alluvials at the southern part of the Bosphorus. That means the "big flood" did not existed in the Black Sea area. There are some excavated Bronze Age sites in Bulgarian Black Sea coast. But there are much more all over the world. All settlements of the fishers before 5 thousand years are underwater now.

Answer 3

Archaologists and scientists have discovered ruins of civilizations in mainland Iran dating back to 10 000 BC.....this predates "mesopotamia" by THOUSANDS of years. The Provance of Khuzestan in south western Iran is also considered a part of Mesopotamia, via the Elamite cizilization.


www.wikipedia.org

Answer 4

This is just one of the theories. Who knows civilizations origin may be in India?