Past sea level has varied by somewhat more than a hundred metres. This is primarily due to the growth and decay of ice sheets (mostly in the northern hemisphere) with water evaporated from the sea. The Mediterranean Basin's gradual growth as the Neotethys basin, begun in the Jurassic, did not suddenly affect ocean levels. While the Mediterranean was forming during the past 100 million years, the average ocean level was generally 200 metres above current levels. However, the largest known example of marine flooding was when the Atlantic breached the Strait of Gibraltar at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis about 5.2
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water how a credible Dark Sun campaign could be run without it. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water Earth, Air, Fire, and Water is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, published in 1993. "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water" expands the role of the cleric in the Dark Sun setting by adding new goals, duties, and abilities. As detailed in the "Dark Sun Boxed Set" rules, Athasian clerics do not worship gods, but instead receive spells from the four elemental planes. "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water" clarifies this premise, explaining that clerics form pacts