The record reveals that as the human race began to disperse from Mesopotamia, they carried with them their memories, experiences, and ideas everywhere they went. In time these were elaborated and changed and became the warp and woof of religion in every part of the world. In other words, going back to the analogy used earlier, the account in Genesis constitutes the original, crystal-clear pool from which stemmed the basic ideas about the beginning of man and worship found in the various religions of the world. To these they added their particular doctrines and practices, but the link is unmistakable.

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As the human race dispersed from Mesopotamia, their religious ideas and memories went with them

BABYLON

LYDIA

SYRIA

EGYPT

ASSYRIA

MEDIA

ELAM

PERSIA