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=== Post-flood civilisation ===

=== Post-flood civilisation ===

Whatever technology that was developed before the flood would be lost, except for the relatively small amount known to the single family that survived the flood.

Whatever technology that was developed before the flood would be lost with the flood, except for the relatively small amount known to the single family that survived the flood.

Therefore, archaeological evidence for the development of technology would, in some cases, be for the ''re-invention'' of that technology.

Therefore, archaeological evidence for the development of technology would, in some cases, be for the ''re-invention'' of that technology.

In some cases, this re-invention may have been aided by memories of the pre-flood technology.

In some cases, this re-invention may have been aided by memories of the pre-flood technology.

After the flood, God told Noah to "fill the Earth"<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|9|1}}</ref>, but Noah's descendants failed to do this, and instead remained together, even building at [[Tower of Babel|Babel]] a tower "reaching to the heavens" as a focal point for the new civilisation.<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|11|4}}</ref>

After the flood, God told Noah to "fill the Earth"<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|9|1}}</ref>, but Noah's descendants failed to do this, and instead remained together, even building at [[Tower of Babel|Babel]] a tower "reaching to the heavens" as a focal point for the new civilisation.<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|11|4}}</ref>

God, enforcing his edict, confounded the construction of the tower by causing people to speak different [[language]]s.<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|9|5-7}}</ref>

God, enforcing his edict, stopped the construction of the tower by causing people to speak different [[language]]s.<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|9|5-7}}</ref>

No longer understanding each other, the people were not able to work together to complete the tower's construction.

No longer understanding each other, the people were not able to work together to complete the tower's construction.

The Bible indicates that languages were created for each tribal group,<ref>Wieland, 1999</ref> and as Noah had 16 grandsons which appear to have been the leaders of their respective tribes, biblical creationists suggest that there were 16 languages, and point to mainstream [[linguistics|linguistic]] researchers concluding that this is around the number of different [[language families]] that the world's languages can be grouped into.<ref>For example, Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza says in "Genes, Peoples and Languages", that there are about 17 language families (Williams, 2002)</ref>

The Bible hints that languages were created for each tribal group,<ref>Wieland, 1999</ref> and as Noah had 16 grandsons who appear to have been the leaders of their respective tribes, biblical creationists suggest that there were 16 languages, and point to mainstream [[linguistics|linguistic]] researchers concluding that this is around the number of different [[language families]] that the world's languages can be grouped into.<ref>For example, Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza says in "Genes, Peoples and Languages", that there are about 17 language families (Williams, 2002)</ref>

The incident involving the Tower of Babel appears to have occurred about 100 years after the flood.

The incident involving the Tower of Babel appears to have occurred about 100 years after the flood.