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The Atlantis That Could Have Been Could we eventually uncover a lost civilization like the fabled Atlantis on the sunken portions of the southeast asian peninsula? And if so, what might it have been like in its heyday? Approximately 25,125 BC- 13,875 BC: By around 25,125 BC the lowlands of the greater southeast asian peninsula had arisen from the sea, exposed by declining sea levels of the Ice Age. Sponsor this page a - j m o o n e y h a m . c o m - o r i g i n a l

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The receding coastlines drew people already in or near the region ever further out into the expanding saltmarsh swamps and barrens in search of the seafood available along the retreating coasts. By 24,925 BC (200 years later) the inland lowlands had been transformed into lush grasslands, crisscrossed by hundreds of streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds, encouraging still more colonization by animals and people. By 24,625 BC (300 years more) dense forests populated various parts of the lowlands, inviting even more diversity of incoming fauna and flora.

The people of the region were forced to adapt rapidly or leave, in one way or another. A continuous stream of new immigrants from the Asian mainland refreshed and expanded the human population. Other, older peoples also descended from the highlands. By 22,425 BC (another 2,200 years) a network of thriving and sophistocated city-states had sprouted up all across the lowlands, while the remote highlands remained for the most part as primitive as they'd been 2,700 years before.

Note that the rapid changes in the environment on the lowlands would have pushed human adaptive capacities pretty hard during the first few thousand years.

Lost Civilizations and the South East Asian Peninsula (25,125 BC- 13,875 BC) Table of Contents

The premise
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Critical questions and answers
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• Global sea levels would have been at their lowest during the last global glacial maximum. Just when was that?
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• What are the modern undersea depths of some land masses drowned after the last Ice Age?
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• How much did sea levels rise and fall, and when?
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• How long were certain modern sunken land masses dry land?
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• What would have been the timing of dry land existence in these regions at still earlier times?
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Supporting facts for the possibility of a lost civilization on the southeast asian peninsula, circa 23,000 BC
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The Possible People and Technology of 22,425 BC
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• #1: They possess spoken language, some access to fire via lamps and perpetually burning community flames (though the secret of fire-starting may still elude them)
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• #2: Much of the humanity of this time are 'modern' humans-- they are basically as intelligent and behave much the same as the humans of the 20th century would under similar conditions
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• #3: Food seems to be plentiful during this time-- at least in some locations around the world. Abundant and easily accessible food would also allow people more time to experiment, innovate, play-- and make war.
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• #4: There's signs of advanced agriculture and husbandry efforts underway in the vicinity. Dogs, horses, and monkeys appear to be already domesticated at various spots worldwide
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• #5: They may possess quite sophistocated clothing, body art, and personal accessories, as well as jewelry, fishing and hunting nets, ropes, cords, and string. Musical instruments, man-made housing. Food and drink containers, and more.
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• #6: They display skills of producing and deftly wielding projectile weaponry such as javelins and related gear, as well as knives, and bows and arrows. They are hunting big game and constructing animal traps.
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• #7: They possess early market economies and related trade in some spots around the world.
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• #8: At least some peoples enjoy significant amounts of trade and information exchange with others over vast distances-- perhaps even across the oceans to include virtually every continent on Earth.
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• #9: The geography, technological foundation, and social circumstances could have enabled an ancient Greek-like development, as well as an accelerated pace of social and technological change.
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Historical facts and speculations on the ancient Greeks
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Possible developments on the southeast asian peninsula like that of the ancient Greeks
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A sustained pace of technological and social development at minimum twice that of recorded history
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