OUR civilization is about 12,000 years old post diluvial (Younger/Dryas). There are mountains of evidence there was civilization before the Younger/Dryas Event all supported by the Torah. Gobeckli Tepe and The Sphinx are solid (literally) hard evidence.
There was "advanced" civilization probably 3 or 4 times before The Flood. Who knows how many times before that. They all grew and were mostly destroyed, but managed to carry on. Their "advanced" civilizations were likely a lot different than ours. There is evidence of homo sapiens sapiens using tools 100,000 years ago.
The real lesson here is this: it's all happened before, and it will all happen again. Our timeline is but a speck on the wheel of time.
There is one consistency you can count on...
Since post-Garden, mankind has always been and always will be evil.
“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
Matthew 15:19
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