History of Man: Beginnings of Civilization part 1

In a secular, naturalistic worldview, we see a picture of mankind and the beginnings of civilization like this:

• Man began as a primitive brute.
• He lived in caves.
• He used stone tools.
• He was nomadic
• He was a hunter-gatherer.
• He learned to use metals over time, by experimentation and by chance.
• He developed agriculture (probably because of drought conditions) and settled down.
• As populations grew, villages developed.
• Later, villages became towns, towns became cities.
• Whole cultures developed as cities united in rule.

The biblical picture is much different.  Civilizations began after the dispersion of people from the tower of Babel.  They developed quickly because people were building what they had before.  However, people may have had to live "primitively" for a number of years until they could get back to what they were used to.  Also, some of the dispersed groups may not have been as fortunate where they settled to be able to recreate their culture as quickly...and may have even died out or been merged with other groups. 

Many civilizations have evidence for their beginnings that show a much different picture than the secular view.  They show dates for the beginnings of those civilizations at times that agree with our biblical timeline.  (We'll look at dating the tower of Babel in a future post.)

Now, secular historians consider recent dates for the beginnings of human history to be grossly in error.  In their view, since man is obviously going from primitive to advanced, then any records that we might find...like ancient histories...were created by more primitive men and so they cannot be taken seriously.

But we understand differently.  In fact, ancient chroniclers, being closer to the events and having a greater innate intelligence, should be able to give us more information to help us construct an accurate framework of ancient history.

Are there ancient historians whose records verify a biblical framework?  Yes!