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"Wouldn't that also mean that the Med was once much lower as well? And wouldn't the Med rising, eventually, effect the Black Sea? "

By Jove, you get it. Here is a worldwide map with the oceans reduced in depth by about 300 feet. (300-500 is widely accepted for the Ice Age). If you'll maneuver around on the map, you'll see that the Mediterranean was probably isolated into three different sections during the Ice Age. There are scouwering marks on the ocean floor at Gibralter just like at the Bosporus from the inrushing water.

On a side note, I think the same thing happened in the Gulf Of Mexico during the Ice Age. The Mediterranean has completely dried out at least forty times however, the last time was five million years ago. There are sections of the Mediterranean that have salt on the bottom that is thousands of feet thick.

I seem to remember reading this somewhere.
Don't rightly remember where at the moment.

I also seem to remember the exact salt composition as being anhydrite, which would form in places like Death Valley, if conditions favored it. (For others reading, anhydrite is very nasty natural salt crystals that can be like silica gel, it'll dry things out in no time. It will also form in salt flats receiving very little rain, but high salt content. IIRC.)

Haven't they also said that during the last ice age, the oceans were much lower as well? And haven't some said that the Med flooding over was about 10,000 years ago? That'd be quite a feat as well, considering the Black Sea is thought to have flooded anywhere from 9,000 to 7,000 years ago.

I've been wondering just what people were going to do with the proof of that occurence. The 'Pillars of Hercules' indeed show alot of scouring, and the channel carved into the floor of the Strait of Gibralter shows that quite a volume went through at some time.

I have that map saved on my machine, and have been eyeballing it often. Wonder if the Gulf will show some of the same properties that the Med and the Black Sea show?
I also wonder how often civilizations have been buried under water, how many 'atlantis' stories have happened?