Atlantisabeautifulandwealthyislandissupposedtohaveexistedover11000yearsago.ItwasinthemiddleofthevastAtlanticOceanandwasacentrefortrade.Itspeoplewereverywealthyandpowerful.TherulersofAtlantiscontrolledtheirpeopleandlandandtheirpowerspreadtoEuropeandAfrica.
TheweatherwasverygoodinAtlantisandthereforepeoplecouldgrowfoodallyeararound.Manydifferentkindsofvegetablesfruitsandnutsgrewthereandalotofdifferentanimalslivedontheislandincludingelephants.
AtlantiswasthehomeofPoseidontheGreekGodoftheSea.PoseidonhadfivesetsoftwinboyswhobecamethefirstrulersofAtlantis.Theisland’smanyhillsfieldsandriversweredividedbetweenthetenbrothers.TheeldestsonAtlaswasthefirstkingofAtlantis.Hecontrolledtheisland’scentralhillanditssurroundingarea.
AtthetopofthecentralhillatemplewasbuiltinhonorofAtlas’sfatherPoseidon.InsidethetemplewasahugegoldstatueofPoseidon.TherulersofAtlantisdiscussedlawsinthetemple.
ForcenturiesthepeopleofAtlantislivedsimplehonestandhappylives.Howeverovertimetheybegantochange.Theyenjoyedthepowertheyhadanddesiredmoreofit.WhentheGodZeussawhowcorrupt(腐败)thepeopleofAtlantiswerehewasveryangryandgatheredtheothergodstogethertodecideonapunishmentforthem.ThegodsagreedwithZeusanddecidedtosinktheisland.InoneshortdayandahalftheislandofAtlantisitspeopleanditsmemory―awholecivilization―weredestroyedforeverswallowedupbythesea.
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