Flooding of Shuruppak (dec 31, 2900 BC – jan 1, 2550 BC)
Description:
Localized flooding in and around the Sumerian city of Shuruppak (modern-day Tell Fara, roughly 150 miles south-east of Baghdad) leads to a great upheaval in the region and recentering of Sumerian culture/political power. This could have been, along with post-glacial flooding some 3000 years earlier, the basis for flood narratives in the Fertile Crescent.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 31, 2900 BC
jan 1, 2550 BC
~ 351 years