According to the story of noah, god brings a flood in order to a. cleanse the world of evil b.

at the time man was selfish and greedy so supposedly god made a flood come so it would wash away all the bad people while noah (i think) took the animals and like maybe good people?? (i can't remember how many people he took or if any) point is it happened bc humans suck and that was suppose to cleanse the world of sucky people :)

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the triple alliance. germany and austria-hungary were already allies by 1879 when, worried about a threat from russia, they formed the dual alliance. italy joined the group in 1882. there was a concern about a possible attack from france and the alliance needed powerful friends to defend it.