Isabella McCabe
Mrs. Wachter
English
19 May 2016
The Many Theories of Atlantis
Atlantis was told to be a charming city that was sunken by the gods because the residents of Atlantis, who were always intelligent, compassionate, and thoughtful people, had turned into greedy people that wanted to take over the world and rule it (Keyes 2). To punish the residents, the gods had the volcanos erupt, the rivers become floods, fires rage, and earthquakes shake the land. With all of the eruptions, water, fire and shaking, the land started to sink and in one day and one night the land was completely gone (Drye 2). People have been looking for Atlantis for hundreds of years and no one has been able to find the location of where Atlantis could be. …show more content…
1) there were all different types of buildings on Atlantis. There were palaces, temples and farm houses (History- the Lost City of Atlantis). The temple was in the middle of the city on a hill that belonged to Poseidon and Cleito. The temple had a wall that went all the way around it and was made of only gold (Abrams 18). Since there was plenty of gold and ivory available, the temple was made mostly of these (Mysteries of Ancient History What did Atlantis Look Like? 1). The pillars in the main hall of the temple were made of gold, the walls were made with silver, and the ceilings were made with ivory, the ceilings had engravements made of gold, silver and copper (Mysteries of Ancient History What did Atlantis Look Like? 1). The main part of Atlantis was the three rings (Abrams). The inner ring was surrounded on both sides with a wall that was covered in Orichalcum, which is a metal material (Keyes). The next ring which would be the middle one had a wall surrounding it that was made all of tin (Keyes). The last one was the biggest since it was the outer ring and was closest to the sea (Keyes). This ring was covered in brass and contained a horse racing track …show more content…
“Bull leaping is when an unarmed man wrestles and jumps over a bull” (The Lost Continent: Atlantis 4). Atlantis was a utopian society that became a great naval power (Drye). Atlantis was told to have a healthy number of exotic wildlife (Drye 1). One of the most common animals that roamed the island were elephants (Keyes 2). The animals that lived on Atlantis had fairly good living conditions. Atlantis had enough water for them to drink and there was plenty of food for them: their water would come from rain and rivers and their food came from the harvest that the farmers grew (Keyes 2). Most of the food that the residents ate came from the farmer’s harvest. Atlantis had other food that grew throughout the island that would include herbs, fruits, and nuts (Keyes 2). On Atlantis only two harvests were possible each year. It was like this because of the climate. One of the harvests would come in the winter which grew from the rain and the other would come in the summer which grew because of the irrigation canals (Keyes