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c. -5600 to -4939
Middle Atlantic Neolithic
1. Relocation of Axial Strike Point (c. -5600)
(conjectural)
i. Interplanetary Seismic Thrust
a. Mediterranean tsunami b. Bosphorus Strait cracks open c. Black & Caspian seas flood with salt water d. Lepenski Vir abandoned e. “Flood before the Flood” of Gilgamesh ii. Littorina Sea floods a. Kongemose culture abandoned b. Kaali craters (Estonia) 3. Mt Mazama destroyed (c. -5600) |
2. Neolithic Settlements South of the Floods
(PNB / Pollen Zone VII)
i. Spread of mixed agriculture in the Mid East
a. Dryland farming b. Desert kites - hunting corrals c. Anatolia, Levant, Mesopotamia iii. Early Ubaid PNB a. Samarra culture b. Hassuna culture c. Halaf culture (early tholoi) d. Female “goddess” figurines increasingly abstract iii. Djelfa culture (Algeria) a. Hunting & animal domestication b. Neolithic rock art |
3. Black Sea Migrations (c. -5600 to -5400)
(LBK / Pollen Zone VII)
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i. Butterfly spread of PIE emigrants
a. Settlers arrive in western Europe b. Refugees settle the Indus Valley c. Migrants reach Russia, Central Asian lakes d. Settlers inhabit sub-arctic regions ii. Vinča culture established a. Vinčan script (proto-writing) b. Tărtăria tablets c. Earliest known copper smelting in Pločnik, Serbia iii. Aryan migrants seed early Vedic culture iv. Central Asia a. Dadiwan culture, China b. Damaidi cliff carvings (Helan mountain), China v. Eretebolle culture settles new Littorina shorelines vi. Spread of mixed agriculture in Europe a. LBK - Linear pottery culture, Europe b. Female “goddess” figurines increasingly abstract c. Diffusion of blue-eyes gene OCA2 |
4. Two Suns in the Sky
i. "Two great lights"
a. Genesis 1.14-19 b. Earth beneath Mars, Mercury, Saturn ii. “Date of Creation” based on the LXX a. 5592 BC — Clement of Alexandria b. 5529 BC — Theophilius of Antioch c. 5228 BC — Eusebius (Chronicon) d. 5509 BC — Byzantine calendar e. 5501 BC — Julius Africanus f. 5500 BC — Hippolytus of Rome g. 5500 BC — Gregory of Tours h. 5199 BC — Jerome |