It occurred in the land area of what is today known as Turkey, or in the southwestern part of what is now called Asia, somewhere in the neighborhood of the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, and thus in the northern half of our earthly globe.
समय लगभग अक्‍तूबर १ हुआ होगा, इसलिए कि मनुष्यजाति के अधिकांश प्राचीन तिथिपत्रों ने लगभग उस तारीख़ से समय की गणना करना शुरू किया ।