If you are referring to the events closest to the flood itself:
Genesis 7:11 (King James Version)11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.Prior to the worldwide Flood, all are descendant from Adam and Eve. After the Flood, Adam's descendants via Noah via his 3 sons became the progenitors of all mankind alive post deluvian to toady.
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They were probably vegetarian, as it was only at the time of the flood, that they were told that they could eat meat.
Immediately prior to the revolt, there was no Jewish king. The Syrian-Greek (Seleucid) king, Antiochus IV, ruled Israel.
Count Willem III levied a tax against the city.
The month of June is prior to July.
Romania
They are the people who lived prior to the worldwide flood. See the story of Noah's Ark in the book of Genesis in the Bible. The term 'antediluvian' is also used to refer to someone who is old fashioned, or out-of-date with current thinking, or just simply 'old'.
Prior to the flood in the story of Noah, the Hebrew people were not yet a distinct group; they didn't exist yet.
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Rationality and Logic
That is the correct spelling of "previous" (prior, earlier, immediately before).