BP GEOGRAPHIC

“The melting of the ice sheets had caused global water levels to rise steadily […]. In approximately 5600 BCE the waters of the Mediterranean burst through the land bridge joining Turkey to Bulgaria, creating the Bosporus and flooding and expanding the small freshwater lake to create the saltwater Black Sea. This catastrophic event resulted in the displacement of huge numbers of people who had lived on the shores of the freshwater lake” (Atlas of World History). This is the real story behind the biblical flood