Did the flood of Noah's time cover the whole earth? Or just the small part of land known at the time?

Answer 1

i believe it was the whole earth

Answer 2

Archeological evidence has proven it to be localized, within the area of the Euphrates river. This region was prone to annual flooding, and one year recieved even more rain to produce the flood than usual. A local king (sometimes referred to as a prophet, and believed to be from the region of Iran) loaded a barge with goods, and rode out the flood, eventually landing in an area near Northern Baghdad, and gave thanks in a local pagan temple. The people in the region who were lucky enough to be able to flee, took the story with them. Given the scope of primitive man's ability to travel, this story became accepted as a world wide phenomenon. The king is credited with founding a religion known as Zoroastrianism. The significant fact about his teaching is the introduction of the belief in monotheism, which some recent historians have suggested had an influence on the development of Judaism and Christianity. This religion believed in a world of conflict between good and evil, a continual struggle between apposing forces. Zoroaster emphasized the worship of a single god, Ahura Mazda, who was good and could overcome evil. The Zoroastrian scripture texts are known as the Avesta and contain, among other writings, the Gathas or early hymns. Parts of the Avesta are written in a language called Avestan. Later Zoroastrian spiritual texts were written in Persian. During the timeframe when the bible was being "compiled" (or written), these teachings were introduced and changed to fit in with the Judeo-christian slant of the new religion.

This information comes from an object called The Flood Tablet, and is held at a British Museum. It has been proven to pre-date the Noah story by approximately 700 years.

Answer 3

I dunno if it was Noah's flood, but many civilisations had the flood myths, the Chinese, American Indians, babylonians etc. Its too coincidental for me, why not earthquakes or drought. Maybe, the flood was a race memory from the really ancient times, when man was still not as wide spread as before. I remember reading some speculation that stories of lost civiliasations like Lemuria, Mu or the Atlantis, could also be the result of 'The Great Flood'

Answer 4

The entire earth. In fact some theorize that that much water did not exist on the ground as oceans do today, but that it was a layer of the atmosphere, and that is why people lived so long before that.

Answer 5

Sounds like the Hopi experienced it, too. Sounds world-wide.

"And the Hopi believe that the Creator grew so vexed with irreverent people that He drowned the world. Only a few people escaped through a hole in the top of that world to emerge into this world ... they searched everywhere for a good place to live before coming back to the desert."

Answer 6

It’s a myth/folktale for crying out loud. The people who made it up did not even know what the rest of the world was. How did Noah pick up all the animals in North and South America? Those people didn’t even know what a penguin was. Why aren’t there stories about crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

Answer 7

It flooded absolutely everything. God promised He would never flood the entire earth again, though, and put His "bow" in the clouds as a sign of His covenant.

Answer 8

Whole earth

Answer 9

it covered the whole earth.

this is why prehistoric seashells can be found on top of mountains.

Answer 10

Nobody knows