Nowhere in the ancient near east that I know of would topographically permit a flood that covers all the highest mountains and which would allow the Ark to come to rest upon a mountain. This would require some kind of basin or massive valley with smaller mountains in the middle.
Didn’t answer this one in my first reply post. The fact that the Australian Aboriginal people did not even notice it in their 60,000 years on that continent strongly suggests that it did not kill everyone on the whole globe with the exception of those on the Ark.
The Bible unequivocally states that the Flood killed everything and everyone that were not aboard the ark.
“And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.” Gen 6:13
" Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark." Gen 7:22-23
“…if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly…” 2 Peter 2:5
As a matter of fact, the aborigines do have a memory of this event:
I’m not sure the dating is a point of difference between local and global interpretations of the Deluge story.
That entirely depends on whom you ask.
For me at least, the answer is not all the people on Earth.
See above. The Bible begs to differ.
Saying it’s “not inconsistent” is just an assertion on your part, and in fact is not an answer to the questions I asked.
So, fair enough, there were two related questions in your OP which I did not explicitly answer in my response.
Incorrect. Two of the most important questions were ignored with an assertion that didn’t actually answer them.
Now that I have explicitly answered each of your questions (or demonstrated that I already had), it is incumbent on you to engage seriously with those answers.
I am doing so presently.