the first major event in the history of civilization was the floodthe creation of manthe discovery of mesopotamiathe creation of heaven and earth

The Genesis Creation Story does not owe anything to the creation myths of Egypt and Mesopotamia. The latter were written for a completely different purpose. They are not really about the creation of the universe at all. They are related to the "genesis" of a certain king's reign. Priest-scribes wrote them to establish the king's (and his god's) supremacy. Each myth is different with its local adaptations. The Biblical history has unity, never changing, as the myths do with each succeeding king.

The harper's weekly cover depict black politicians in the south by illustrating a fight between the blacck politician of the north and the south, potraying the Irony that they don't get along even though they suffer the same tragedy in the country

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