This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Bible records oil use 6 000 years ago
A summary of historical petroleum uses from ancient times to 1955. Noting instances in Mesopotamia and the Bible, 4000 B C asphalt mortar, 1900 B C natural gas illumination in China, 580 B C crude oil in Iraq, and 1955 US oil progress with 2.386 billion barrels produced. Includes references to Nebuchadnezzar, Marco Polo, Spindletop, and Titusville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesopotamia
Ninevah
Babylon
China
Moses
Devoti
Red Sea
Japan
Nebuchadnezzar
Shadrach
Wheatbach
Abednego
Kirkuk
Iraq
Susa
Persia
Mark Antony
Dead Sea
Cleopatra
Malthus
Constantinople
A. D
United States