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First World (~1 million to ~200,000 years ago)
Second World (~200,000 to ~50,000 years ago)
Third World (~50,000 to ~12,000 years ago)
Fourth World (~12,000 years ago to Present)

A comprehensive list with the Flood Legends, grouped by continent.

The Unified Catastrophe Theory posits that a series of interconnected geological and astronomical events around the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 12,000 years ago

Over the world then broke the great waters, drowning and sinking, changing Earth’s balance until only the Temple of Light was left standing