jan 1, 2242 BC - Tower of Babel
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The account of the Tower of Babel as found in Genesis 11:1-9 is an etiology of the phenomenon of multiple languages. In addition, the narrative is meant as a satire against ancient Babylonian and their ziggurat temples.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bruegel, Pieter. The Tower of Babel. 1563. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria. In Google.com/culturalinstitute. Accessed January 29, 2018. https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/bAGKOdJfvfAhYQ.
Coogan, Michael David, and Cynthia R. Chapman. A brief introduction to the Old Testament: the Hebrew Bible in its context. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, p33, P55.
Ussher, James, Marion Pierce, and Larry Pierce. The annals of the world. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003, p22.
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Date:
jan 1, 2242 BC
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~ 4270 years ago