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Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis
The 1997 proposal by Ryan and Pitman that a catastrophic refilling of the Black Sea basin around 5600 BC displaced Neolithic populations and seeded Near Eastern flood traditions; the geology is debated and the mythological link is speculative.
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Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis attempts to explain Great Flood Myth — Proposes a specific Neolithic catastrophe as the seed of Near Eastern flood traditions; both the geology and the mythological link are contested.