Comparative Origins of Middle Eastern Religions

A Proto-historic Reconstruction
Based on known surviving fragments
Archaeological and textual analysis from Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant suggests that many early Near Eastern creation and flood traditions share a common mythic ancestry, reflecting both the movements of peoples and the merging of their spiritual systems.
The Adamu and the Red Land
The figure known biblically as Adam appears to be a composite of older Mesopotamian archetypes, most notably the Adamu referenced in Sumerian and Akkadian texts.







