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Popular Article: Great Flood

The Deluge by Gustave Doré

The story of a Great Flood sent by God or the gods to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution is a widespread theme among many cultural myths. It is best known from the biblical story of Noah, but there are several other famous versions, such as stories of Matsya in the Hindu Puranas, Deucalion in Greek mythology, and Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Many of the world's cultures past and present have stories of a Great Flood that devastated earlier civilizations. A good deal of similarity exists between several of the flood myths, leading scholars to believe that these have evolved from or influenced each other. Others of these stories seem to be of a more local nature, although nearly all of them involve the survival of only a small number of humans who repopulate humankind.

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-text=The '''[[inner transition metal|inner transition metals]]''' are two series of elements known as the '''lanthanides''' and '''actinides'''. They are usually shown below all the other elements in the standard view of the [[Periodic table/standard|periodic table]], but they really belong to periods 6 and 7. The lanthanide series consists of the 14 [[chemical element|element]]s, cerium through lutetium (atomic numbers 58&ndash;71) immediately following [[lanthanum]]. Likewise, the actinide series consists of the 14 elements, thorium through lawrencium (atomic numbers 90&ndash;103), immediately following [[actinium]]. These elements were among the last to be discovered and placed in the periodic table. Many of the actinides do not occur naturally but were synthesized through nuclear reactions.
+text=The story of a '''Great Flood''' sent by [[God]] or the gods to destroy [[civilization]] as an act of [[divine retribution]] is a widespread theme among many cultural [[mythology|myth]]s. It is best known from the biblical story of [[Noah]], but there are several other famous versions, such as stories of [[Matsya]] in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Puranas]], [[Deucalion]] in [[Greek mythology]], and [[Utnapishtim]] in the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]].
-Chemically, the elements within each series (especially the lanthanides) are very similar to one another.}}
+Many of the world's cultures past and present have stories of a Great Flood that devastated earlier civilizations. A good deal of similarity exists between several of the flood myths, leading scholars to believe that these have evolved from or influenced each other. Others of these stories seem to be of a more local nature, although nearly all of them involve the survival of only a small number of humans who repopulate humankind. }}