re: That depends on the timing.

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TB — 5/29/2008 4:08:05 PM (archived)

The last major flooding of the dry Mediterranean basin occurred about 5 million years ago. Not a lot of legend-writing going on back then, I'm afraid.

The Black Sea flooding was about 5600 BC, and could easily have created many legends and myths.

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- re: Phoenix - Marcia - 5/30/2008 6:37:30 PM
  - re: Phoenix. - Forfeiting a space mission for the sake of another is not a good idea. (n/t) - Marcia - 5/30/2008 6:41:29 PM
    - re: Phoenix. - Forfeiting a space mission for the sake of another is not a good idea. - Marcia - 5/30/2008 6:46:35 PM
      - Let's turn Mars over to the private sector - E.P. Grondine - 6/4/2008 8:20:26 PM
        
        Let's turn Spacewatch over to the private sector, too - nick hoffman - 6/5/2008 4:51:47 AM
      - re: Phoenix. - I'm sorry, I'll take that last sentence out. - Marcia - 5/30/2008 6:54:36 PM
- re: Phoenix - Eri - 5/28/2008 11:28:34 PM
  - Some fascinating info here. Thanks to all who posted. (n/t) - Eri - 5/30/2008 10:39:30 PM
  - Biblical happenings - McFly - 5/29/2008 1:00:16 AM
    - Not just Biblical - ER - 5/29/2008 1:31:36 AM
      - Noah's Flood - ER - 5/29/2008 12:30:17 PM
      - Biblical or historical? - Adam - 5/29/2008 5:13:33 AM
        
        re: Biblical or historical? - Hans - 5/29/2008 5:21:29 AM
        
        If the whole Mediterranean flooded ages ago - Socrates II - 5/29/2008 1:51:11 PM
        
        It was the Black Sea - Lee - 5/30/2008 5:31:38 AM
        
        That depends on the timing. - ER - 5/29/2008 3:18:20 PM
        
        re: That depends on the timing. - TB - 5/29/2008 4:08:05 PM
        
        re: That depends on the timing. - ER - 5/29/2008 4:52:47 PM
        
        re: That depends on the timing. - REB - 5/29/2008 4:56:35 PM
        
        Yes, I remember now, it was Ballard. - ER - 5/29/2008 6:21:45 PM
        
        The Sumerian Flood--Where do you think the Bible story came from? - ER - 5/29/2008 3:25:07 PM

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