PostmodernProph
....fully immersed....
so at the time you have pinned down for the flood, where was civilization located?.....So you say, but at the same time you claim that a flood affected the entire Mesopotamian world, and that simply is not true.
I didn't categorically make that claim. I said it's highly likely. Are the Tigris and Euphrates immune to flooding? Obviously, you aren't that stubborn. Wouldn't you admit that an ancient flood could have been so devastating and could have made such a profound impression on the Mesopotamian world that it became a central subject of stories that survive today, 4,000 years later?
Both rivers flood. So what? The entire Mesopotamian civilization weren't located only in those river valleys.