What is Garden of Eden?
[[File:Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - The Earthly Paradise (Garden of Eden).jpg|thumb|right|Triptych „[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]“: The Garden of Eden by [[Hieronymus Bosch]]]] The '''Garden of Eden''' is the place where, according to the Christian and Jewish [[Bible]], the first [[man]], [[Adam]], and the first [[woman]], [[Adam and Eve|Eve]], lived after they were created by [[God]]. In the [[Bible]], the story of the creation of the world in the book of [[Genesis]] describes how Adam and Eve lived in Eden in [[peace]] with all of the [[animals]]. They tended the garden and could eat from any [[tree]] except the [[Tree of Knowledge]]. After they ate from the [[Tree of Knowledge]], God punished Adam and Eve by making them leave the Garden of Eden forever. Only Judaism, Islam and Christianity believe that Garden of Eden existed and Adam and Eve were first humans. The Garden of Eden as [[Paradise]]. == Where the name Eden is from == In Sumerian, ''Eden'' is a name for the [[Steppe]]. ''Heavenly Eden'' is also mentioned. It refers to a place that appears to be [[fertility|fertile]] at first, but later changes to become infertile. Climatologists have said this is a good description of the [[climate]] change that happened in [[The Levant]] after the last [[ice age]]. The green steppe became dry. This meant that food was no longer available all year round, but only at certain times. This forced the people living at the time to start [[agriculture]] and to keep some of their food for the periods where there was none. Scientists have referred to this change as the [[Neolithic Revolution]]. This change of food is also mentioned in the story. Babylonian mythology sees the main reason for the creation of man to grow food for the gods. This is different in the Bible. There, God created [[plant]]s as food for [[humans]], and [[animal]]s to keep them company. The beginning of the Book of Genesis has been seen as describing the state before a climate change in a certain region. >Because of thi