Noah lived approximately 2900-1950 BC, during the period scholars call the antediluvian (pre-flood) age. He was born ten generations after Adam and lived to be 950 years old—one of the longest lifespans recorded in Scripture.
During Noah’s era, early human civilizations were developing in the Fertile Crescent region (modern-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey). Mesopotamian cultures were beginning to build their first cities. The wheel had recently been invented, and humans were just learning to work with bronze.
Noah wasn’t just a boat builder—he was a family man with three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, Noah became a farmer and planted one of the first recorded vineyards (Genesis 9:20). His story reminds us that even heroes have complicated chapters. Despite his faithfulness, Noah’s later years included a moment of shame involving wine that his family had to navigate together.
According to Jewish tradition, the ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat—a region in eastern Turkey near the Armenian border, about 200 miles northeast of modern-day Erzurum.