Sumerian
King List – Livingston
The Sumerian King List begins with Kish immediately
after the Flood. Both the List
and the Bible speak of several cities with the same names (Babylon, Erech (Uruk), Akkad, Calah,
Nineveh) as having come
from "Kish" (King List) and "Cush" (Bible) respectively. George Roux says the kingdom of Kish began
in approximately 2700 BC
(1966: 120). H. W. F. Saggs points out that when the city of Kish was excavated, the earliest
level was from the Jemdet Nasr
period (1962: 51, 60, ca 2800-2400 BC). The epic hero Gilgamesh was king of Uruk at about 2700
BC and, as the legend goes,
was actually able to speak with a survivor of the Flood. (This would be impossible with a much earlier
10,000 BC date for the Flood.)
The experiences of Gilgamesh, coupled with the Sumerian King List (in which he is mentioned),
suggest a Flood date close to
3000 B.C.
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