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Noah
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The story of Noah and the biblical Flood, ​ has "affinities to Babylonian ... apocalyptic floods."
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Chinese River Flood
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"Tales of a 'Great Flood'" ​ marked "the start of Chinese civilization."
reuters.com/article/us-china-history-
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Rainbow Serpent - Aboriginal Australia
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"The giver of life, due to its connection to water ... can be a destructive force if enraged."
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Cassandra
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"a woman in Greek mythology," "cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed."
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Japanese/Mongol Storms
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"the kamikaze, or 'divine wind,' that twice saved Japan from Kublai Khan's Mongol fleets."
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When Raven Was Killed - Native American
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"They went to a river ... it was dry. They went to a lake, but ... there was no water to be found!"
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Easter Island
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"The island’s fragile ecosystem had been pushed beyond what was sustainable."
khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/pacific-apah/polynesia-apah/a/easter-island-moai.org
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Egypt/Eastern Mediterranean - 1177 B.C.E.
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Causes of the cataclysm: invasion plus, "climate change, famines, droughts, rebellions, earthquakes."
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Greenland Vikings
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"life would have been impossible to maintain," "essentially victims of globalization and a pandemic."
smithsonianmag.com
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India/Pakistan
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"The decline" was "attributed to long-term drought."
nature.com​​
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Ekoi/Nigeria
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"Waters came, covered his farm, and threatened to cover the whole earth." ​
talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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“The four riders are often seen as symbolizing … Pestilence … War, Famine, and Death.”
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"Continue to contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste." ~ Chief Seattle ​
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