The Basic Civilization Founded in The Persian Gulf

Jeffery Rose, an archaeologist from the University of Birmingham, UK mentions in the near future we will find evidence of one of the earliest civilization of mankind on Earth is in the area that had been lush and green, but has now sunk.

As quoted from Currnet Anthropology, December 12, 2010, civilization is in the shallow basin was estimated to live about 75 thousand to 8 thousand years ago.

The area was also suspected to be an ideal refuge in the surrounding desert because of the supply flow of water from the river Tigris, Euphrates, Karun, and Wadi Baton as well as other springs.

“About 8 thousand years ago, a layer of ice that melts and then create the world’s climate became increasingly wet, then flood the Persian Gulf basin,” said Rose. “In the range of time that we find evidence of the presence of a highly developed civilization in the Persian Gulf coast area,” he said.

Civilization with advanced marine technology, said Rose, previously unable to be explained where it came from. “With these findings, there is a possibility they were from the cities in the basin which is now under the waters of the bay,” said Rose.

Strongest evidence of human habitation in the Persian Gulf is when the discovery of archaeological sites, called Jabel Faya 1. In addition to the civilization that was found in 2006, there are also three other areas that are developing between 125 thousand to 25 thousand years ago.

“These findings, and other archaeological sites indicate a group of early humans had lived in Persia around the basin in Late Pleistocene,” said Rose. “Today we need a specialist underwater archaeologist to examine more deeply the Persian Gulf,” he said.