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38. Seems to have been ground zero for it.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #28)

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 05:28 PM

Jun 2016

Other literate societies (China and India) make no special mention of a disaster happening at that time. Yes, meteorites and their remnants are scattered world wide, but this particular one at that time mainly brushed the middle east where the destruction was epic.

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OMG, OMG, OMG! LuckyTheDog Jun 2016 #24

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