As a result of archaeological research, the landing of the sons of Noah and their early movements are able to be followed. It will be argued that the biblical history alone makes sense of the findings and that the long ages usually espoused have no validity. Careful attention will be given to the early technology Noah's sons used for survival and the routes they took to the Mesopotamian plain. General principles will be discussed first. Next, the sons of Shem will be traced to their settlements. Later discussions in separate articles will trace the sons of Ham and Japheth. Revised dates given in this article are the author's own revised dates from the Scriptures and archaeological correlations.