Why did they call it Atlantis

More than 2,000 years ago, plato wrote about a land called atlantis, where a mighty empire vanished beneath the waves after a series of.However it was said to be a lost civilization that was to be far more advanced then the world today.And there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the pillars of heracles;We call that city atlantis.He was upset with his land, so he started an earthquake that destroyed atlantis.

Inspired by donnelly, many later writers expanded on his theories and added their own speculations as to where atlantis may have been.But they became greedy, petty, and morally bankrupt, and the gods became.It came from what they call as atlantis when this island shrink.Atlantis was an advanced civilization, rich and prosperous with everything in abundance—a paradise, according to plato.The tv show, which airs on bbc america here in the states, has been cancelled after two.

By trevor kimball, january 26, 2015.In 1882 ad ignatius donnelly wrote a book called atlantis:Martin waldseemüller published one of the first maps to show the new world as separate landmasses and not as the eastern end of asia.