The Great Flood

Two hundred cultures, one story. Witnesses, believers say — not coincidence.

Flood narratives appear in Mesopotamian (Atrahasis, Gilgamesh), Hebrew, Greek, Indian, Chinese, and dozens of indigenous traditions. Mainstream explanations: floods are universal disasters, plus real post-glacial events (Black Sea deluge hypothesis, meltwater pulses) preserved in oral memory. The convergence is why the node ties the Younger Dryas to Sumer (whose king list divides history at 'the flood') and the Ark tradition.