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Originally Posted by troutman
Was "Noah's Ark" a re-telling of a meme that was passed around from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean? The writer of the account in the Old Testament might have thought it had a historical basis.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths
Flood myths were likely part of the oral tradition in ancient Mesopotamia (among other regions), with specific details and characters changing across cultures over many centuries like a giant game of telephone.