A Short History of ?Natural' Disasters We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Almost every culture has some version of the flood story, and in many cases, the story is that it was divine punishment for human sinfulness.
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A Short History of ?Natural' Disasters We know from scientific evidence that there were natural disasters long before human beings were writing history, but most people trace the first written description of a natural disaster to the flood described in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Almost every culture has some version of the flood story, and in many cases, the story is that it was divine punishment for human sinfulness.
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