Ancient History Atlantis

An Epitome for Ancient History, Atlantis. MAWULI BALO

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Atlantis, the lost empire home to piles of gold and extravagant cuisine sunk thousands of years ago due to a tsunami able to sink the Asia Minor. Generations later, Plato writes, “Timaeus et Critias” with most Ancient Greeks thinking it’s a myth. From discover, Atlanteans places, ceremonies, and king names are scattered within history. A belief that suggests if “Atlantis” was actually Atlantis.

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Centuries ago at a time of prosperity, Atlantis was victim to a raging tsunami, strangling the island to the depths of Earth. Atlanteans lost not only bliss and riches, but also their lives to the violent occurrences of the mass drownings, assuring their civilization sunk in

Explained in dialogue from Timaeus et Critias,” …but when the divine proportion began to fade away… human nature got the upper hand…” the spiritual virtue of the Atlanteans grew nimble.

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At first, Atlanteans, “…were obedient to laws, and well-affectioned towards the gods…for they possessed great spirits…they despised everything but virtue…” as said by Critias in Plato’s book, Timaeus et Critias.

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The riches of the Atlanteans soon became their belief of happiness. What mattered most was gold, goods, and cuisine. Residences sparkled in the sun’s rays as if they were lit on fire, by night, feasts were plentiful of fruits, vegetables, meats, and others for taking.

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The Atlanteans actions drove them into a pitiful plight. Soon, “the gods ‘became angry because the people had lost their way and turned to immoral pursuits’…” National Geographic derives from Charles Orser, curator of History at the New York State Museum in Albany.

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The gods attacked Atlantis and its people with ferocious fires blazing tall in the barren night sky, and a fearsome flood swallowing Atlantis— rendering it ceased from the surface, but found in the trenches of the