[BipolarBob]

I have read before about this region being the cradle of civilization. It described the four rivers, the Pishon, the Gihon, the Tigris and the Euphrates. It was a Good Book.

[xjcsa]

I have read before about this region being the cradle of civilization. It described the four rivers, the Pishon, the Gihon, the Tigris and the Euphrates. It was a Good Book.

That same Book follows up with a description of a worldwide flood that would render that area unrecognizable and unidentifiable, and quite possibly at the bottom of an ocean or on the other side of the world from where the survivors ended up. The modern Tigris and Euphrates were most likely simply named after the rivers mentioned in said Book.