Africa

In the Urantia Book

* 800 million years ago there was the first land elevation of a single continent, emerging from the Pacific Ocean, which already contained the original Africa 57:8.21
* 500 million years ago Africa moved south creating the Mediterranean basin 58:4.3
* 370 million years ago there was the sinking of Africa, along with many other continents, which lasted five million years (59:1.15,17)
* 270 million years ago Africa was emerged, like all continents, but five million years later it was flooded 59:4.5-7
* 210 million years ago Africa was very high. South America was connected to Europe through Africa. 180 million years ago the Carboniferous period that had given rise to coal in North Africa ended (59:5.4,11,20)
* 170 million years ago the continent that had connected South America to Africa disappeared 59:6.5
* 160 million years ago only land animals lived continuously in Africa. A limestone layer formed in Africa during this period (60:1.2,4)
* 65 million years ago there was one of the largest lava eruptions of all time to affect North Africa 60:3.16
* 50 million years ago, during the Eocene, chalk deposits were produced off the coasts of Africa 61:1.13
* 10 million years ago the Mediterranean Sea covered a large part of North Africa (61:4.2,6)
* 5 million years ago, at the beginning of the ice age, Africa was little affected by ice 61:5.3

Africa was linked to Europe by the land bridge of Sicily, which led to the migration of the Andonites to Africa 64:1.5
few Andites penetrated beyond the headwaters of the Nile on their migrations in Africa. Some mongrel Andites descended below the equator, but none reached Madagascar 78:5.5
the natives of Africa are among the most recent pastoral peoples 68:5.6
Neanderthals spread everywhere from what is now China to France and even descended to North Africa over the land bridge of that time 64:4.1
The Nodites Spread across North Africa 80:1.2
colored races were unable to penetrate Africa for long because of the vast Mediterranean Sea. When they were able to do so thanks to a land passage, only the orange, green and indigo races migrated to Africa (64:7.1,3,13)
prereptiles first evolved in Africa from frogs 59:6.8
Africa was the first appearance of reptiles, 140 million years ago 60:1.9

African tribes have resorted to cannibalism as a measure of warfare, to frighten their enemies 89:5.4
much worship of fetish stones has been had in Africa 85:1.4
Even today in Africa beliefs are held such as that the rainbow is a snake 85:4.2
the umbilical cord is still regarded today as a highly prized fetish object 88:1.8
Egyptians and many African tribes believed in ka and ba, two factors of existence in the individual 111:0.4
Africans still purchase their wives following an ancient belief that property is more valuable than conjugal love 83:3.1

The practices of Christian missionaries in Africa trying in a single generation to change ancestral customs have only caused confusion and a loss of authority 66:6.7
Salem missionaries penetrated the most remote tribes of Africa 94:0.1
Simon Zealots died in the heart of Africa preaching across the Nile 139:11.11
Thomas preached among other places in North Africa 139:8.13

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

Reptiles 60:1.9 — Gn 1:24.
Rainbow, arch of the promise 85:4.2 — Gn 9:9-17.
Angels of fire 85:4.2 — Ex 3:2; Ex 13:21-22; Ex 19:18; 2 Ch 7:1-3; Ps 104:4; Nm 9:15-16; Dt 4:12; Acts 7:30; Jg 6:20-21.
Angels of water 85:4.2 — Gn 16:7; Jn 5:4.
Angels of air 85:4.2 — Gn 22:15; Eph 2:2.
Welcomed Jesus at Galilee 139:8.13 — Jn 21:1-2.

Africa is linked in 55 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.