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The Ice Age
Archeological records indicate that about 30% of the world’s land was once covered by ice. The archeological findings show most of this ice was in what we now know as North America and Europe. If you look at any map of what parts of the land were covered by ice you will find it to look something like this:1
The first thing we must point out is that we know the continents were a single land mass prior to 3153 BC so the continents were not yet in their divided state during the Ice Age like the above map shows. The Ice Age was likely a result of the Flood that occurred in 4990 BC. Clearly the Flood would have had a dramatic impact on the world’s climate. A sudden drop in world temperature immediately after the Flood would explain glaciers. As the flood waters receded, much of it would have been trapped in vallies and crevices high in the mountains. The sudden temperature drop would have caused this water to freeze and form glaciers.
When we think of the Ice Age we normally think of men living in caves. Wouldn’t such conditions cause mankind to be drastically reduced in population? We have to keep in mind what we’ve already learned. Prior to the Tower of Babel, to a large extent man lived in unity. It was a rebellious unity, but a unity nonetheless. Most of the world’s population probably lived within relatively close promixity of itself. The Tower of Babel was located in Babylon, which itself was located in the area we now refer to as the Middle East.
We think of the Middle East as a desolate desert. We probably would think the people of the world at that time picked the most inhospitable place in the whole world to establish their civilization. However, remember that the world’s overall temperature was cooler than it is today. This is the reason why there was an Ice Age to begin with. It’s quite possible that, because of the cooler climate, that the Middle East was not the desert that it is today. Perhaps it was more like the climate we are used to in the United States. After all, the Bible does make frequent references to the abundant harvesting that took place in that region.
1http://www.gsi.ie/Education/Geology+for+Everyone/Ice+Ages.htm
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