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The writer explains that the most striking similarity between the myths of the flood is .
Some time between 3000 and 2000 BC. a great flood
occurred in Mesopotamia. This event had such an
effect upon the peoples who lived in that area that
several flood myths developed. There are many
similarities between them. In all of these myths, there
is always a leader who is warned to prepare for a
flood. The leader builds a ship, stores the necessities
of life on board, and so survives the flood. After the
flood he lands safely on a mountainside, and the
human race continues. There are small differences
in the details of the myths, of course, but the only
important difference is the course of the details of the
myths, of course, but the only important difference is
the course of the flood. In some myths, the flood
comes as a punishment from the gods for man's bad
behavior; in others there is no explanation given.