I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately....
The demise of the Akkadians is generally attributed to Gutian hordes, while the demise of the Sumerians who followed is attributed to over-irrigation causing excess salinity in the soil.
Ussher, of sainted memory, said that the Sodom wipeout occurred in 1898 BC, but scholarship has long been putting this back in time: Sitchin (as I recall) is the latest now at 2023 BC, but I gave the date at 2123 a few months ago, and have since seen evidence the real date may be some 2153/4. Perhaps this crater find will help narrow it down, maybe push our (biblical scholars) dates back, and maybe their (Witwatersrand geologists) date around 2354 is TOO far back and could be brought forward...and thus help confirm the biblical time lines...
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FR Post 9-4-2 | Timo Niroma
Posted on 09/04/2002 4:48:54 PM PDT by vannrox
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Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations
The Telegraph (UK) | 11-04-2001 | Robert Matthews
Posted on 01/03/2002 10:50:09 PM PST by blam
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