THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS

Why is it even that after thousands of

years, so many of us still search for the answer to this mystery? Did it exist or didn't it. We can't seem to let go of it.

Ever since the first recorded history of Atlantis, written by the Greek philosopher Plato over 2,360 years ago, debate has raged as to whether or not Atlantis ever really existed. 

Introduction

Around 350 BC, Plato wrote about a beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean that went under the ocean waves in one day and one night.

It took two books to describe the history and details of this almost magical island. For years people have been looking for this mysterious lost city, Atlantis.

The land was said to have been very fertile, with abundant food, water, animals, wood, and flowers. But, as the story goes, after several generations of ruling the leaders became increasingly greedy and corrupt, and started to wage war on their neighboring countries

It is shortly after the victory by the Athenians that the entire Island continent of Atlantis, got submerged beneath the sea "in a single day and night". 

THE MAIN QUESTION ARISES

Did Plato write this as a moralistic story or as a true historic account? Did Atlantis really exist or not?

Over 11000 years ago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean there was an island inhabited by great and wealthy people.

Then greed started to take over them and they were obsessed with money.

Poseidon, the god of water, got mad at them for being obsessed with money. So he made the ocean cover the city of Atlantis and it was gone with the sea.

The Poseidon Theory

For over two thousand years the story of Atlantis was just a story. Then, in the late 1800s, an American named Ignatius Donnelly became fascinated with the story and wrote a book called Atlantis, the Antediluvian World, which became a bestseller.

Ignatius studied flood history from Egypt to Mexico and believed that Plato was recording an actual natural disaster. Since then, several books have been written about the lost city.

Is It- Just a Story?

Made by:- Aakash Kaushik

Class:-IX B