Atlantis was one of a number of advanced cultures and civilizations that existed in the tropics while the northern half of the earth looked like Antartica and the Arctic. After all, humans have been in the homosapien stage for more than 150,000 years and evidence shows that by that between 150,000 to 100,000 years ago, humans had advanced to a point where they were creating sophisticated tools and had began making etchings and used abstract concepts. (See more on this in the text, "Susu Economics: The History of Pan-African Trade, Commerce, Money and Wealth," and "A History of the African-Olmecs," published by www.1stbooks.com )One of the most ancient civilizations on earth began in the Sahara before the existance of Atlantis. According to sources, the Zingh Empire existed about 20,000 to 15,000 years ago and is the parent of Egypt, TaSeti, Nubia, Kush, Wagadu-Nok, East Indian Civilization and others.
The Sahara and much of West and East Africa in protohistoric times was wet, rainy, very green and had a giant inland sea. On this sea, ships sailed and moved from place to place selling goods and trading. The region also had large areas of fertile lands where villages, towns and cities existed.
According to many sources (Blisshords Communications, Zingh Empire, "Mobetter News," The History of the African Standard, South Holland, Illinois.), the Zingh Empire was the first culture to build an international empire from West Africa to the Middle East (Syria, Turkey, ect.). The Zingh Empire also established the red, black and green flag (which is still the colors of African and some Middle Eastern nations).
The Zingh Empire was the parent civilization on earth and it was from the Zingh Empire and the Sahara itself that the earliest forms of culture and language spread from the Sahara to India, East Asia, Australia, the South Pacific, the Americas. In fact, years ago historians from Africa pointed out that groups from the Sahara migrated to the Americas and that some American Indian groups are related to Africans of the Sahara.
Language and advanced culture also came out of the Zingh Empire and so did tools like the bomerang, bow and arrow and horticultural practices. The p-sheaf worn by some people in the South Pacific/Papua New Guinea was also worn in the prehistoric Sahara and Egypt. The first evidence of mumification in Africa also came from the Sahara and much of the civilization known as Egyptian also came out of the Sahara and Ta-Seti (Nubia-Kush) while Egypt was still a swamp. In fact years ago, an article in Time Magazine pointed out that Nubian civilization was about three thousand years older than that of Egypt. (See http://community.webtv/net/paulnubiaempire )
There is a lot about world history that remains unknown, but if we understand that the northern part of the planet was covered with Ice and snow about 100,000 BC to 10,000 BC and that the tropics was at a stage of development, then we will realize that there is evidence of civilizations and advanced cultures that existed in the southern lands and tropics thousands of years before Egypt.
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More on this topic, read "Susu Economics," and 'A History of the African-Olmecs," pub. by www.1stbooks.com http://communitywebtv.net/paulnubiaempire
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Ancient history, culture "Susu Economics," by www.1stbooks.com "A History of Education Book II," www.xlibris.com