Atlantis

Atlantis Paper

Isn't it amazing that a story that was written and told over 2,500 years ago by Plato, a Greek philosopher continues to capture the public imagination today. Atlantis was a story of a lost civilization that sunk to the bottom of the ocean in a single day/night. It is described as a large continent with a very different civilization. I think that Atlantis is located in Bolivia which is located in South America because many of Plato's clues associate with the region. Plato's clues are divided into different categories. Those categories are: location, landscape, disasters, animals/ currency.

The first major clue deals with location. In Plato's writing he said that Atlantis is located outside the pillars of Heracles. The pillars of Heracles are what would be today Northern part of Africa, or it is also known as the strait of Gibraltar. Bolivia is opposite of the pillars of Heracles. This clue is very beneficial for Bolivia because it outlaws other countries such as the South China Sea and Antarctica which are two major positions. It outlaws them because Plato never wrote that it is beyond the pillars of Heracles. All in all being outside of the pillars of Heracles is a great clue to why it is located in Bolivia.

Continuing on with the location theme for clues, Bolivia is located in the Atlantic Ocean. Plato had written that Atlantis is located in the Atlantic Ocean, hence comes the name of Atlantis. This is a very obvious and helpful clue to why it is located in Bolivia because if it is near the Atlantic, there is a very high possibility that it is located in that area. Concluding on the location clues, from what Plato has given us I believe that the location clues are favorable to why it is located in Bolivia. It has both being opposite of the pillars of Heracles as well as bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

Plato has given more than just location clues to where the lost island could be located. The landscape and shape of Bolivia/ South America is a clue. Plato had written about a rectangular plain in the middle of the continent. There is a noticeable plain in South America which is in the shape of a rectangle. Having an oblong rectangular shape is a clue to why it is located in Bolivia. The plain extends from the north western part of South America all the way across the continent. Continuing on with the rectangular plain, Plato also had given us three other clues about the plain. First he said that it is in the center of the continent, which it is. Another thing he said about it is that it is enclosed by mountains and that the plain is high above sea level which it is also.

The size of Bolivia and South America is a great clue. Plato had written that "was an island greater in extent than Libya and Asia". The size of Bolivia and South America is larger than Libya and Asia. Asia back then would not be considered to what Asia is today. Asia back then would be what the Middle East is today. If you take a look at South America, it is larger just as Plato described. The other theories cannot associate this clue because it does not work with other locations. The size is a great clue and helps the theory of Atlantis in Bolivia.

Everybody always wonders how could an island have sunk? 1 prediction could be that natural disasters could have broken apart the island. Bolivia is subject to natural disasters such as an earthquake. Being capable to get hit by earthquakes can be a way that it could have sunk below the sea. Another natural disaster is that the island could have flooded which also occurs in Bolivia. So there are two possible ways that it could have sunk below the sea and they are two great clues to the location of Atlantis.

Adding on to floods, there might have been such a heavy rain in the past where it could have sunk a the lost island. In Bolivia there are many canals, so there is a lot of water and a chance that it had flooded and the island would have been lost in the ocean. Canals are important because they can be a factor on why they lived there. There