the great flood is mentioned by numerous civilizations inside the ancient middle east from the babylonians , the sumerians , the jewish , and the islamic ; the asia-pacific nations of china , loa , india , andaman islands , indonesia , australia , new zealand , and malaysia ; the europe cultures of greek , germanic , irish and finnish ; the american people of aztec , inca , may , hopi , caddo , menominee , and finally the polynesians .