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Works of fiction that feature civilizations living entirely or in significant proportions in underwater habitats, underwater cities or other underwater structures. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Rheic Ocean, the Paleozoic ocean between Gondwana and Laurussia; Slide Mountain Ocean, the Mesozoic ocean between the ancient Intermontane Islands (that is, Wrangellia) and North America; South Anuyi Ocean, Mesozoic ocean related to the formation of the Arctic Ocean; Tethys Ocean, the ocean between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia
Kumari Kandam, a mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization in the Indian Ocean; Lemuria, a mythical lost continent in the Indian or the Pacific Ocean. Llys Helig Welsh legends regarding the local rock formations conceal the palace of Prince Helig ap Glanawg, said to be part of a larger drowned kingdom near Penmaenmawr, Wales.
The 1984 film What Waits Below depicts the discovery of a lost race of albino-skinned beings. The 1999 film "The Matrix" features the underground refuge of Zion. The 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, has the protagonists discovering the survived ancient civilization of Atlantis in the depths of the Earth.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne (1870) The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (1875) "In the Abyss" by H. G. Wells (1896 short story) Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904) The Scarlet Empire by David M. Parry (1906) Der Tunnel by Bernhard Kellermann (1913) The Sunken World by Stanton A Coblentz (1928)
Kumari Kandam is theorized as an isolated (both temporally and geographically) land mass. Geographically, it was located in the Indian Ocean. Temporally, it was a very ancient civilization. Many Tamil writers do not assign any date to the submergence of Kumari Kandam, resorting to phrases like "once upon a time" or "several thousands of years ago".
Trade and exchange of ideas with neighbouring nations is one of the means by which civilizations advance and evolve. [4] This happened widely among the ancient peoples living in lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea, as well as in India, China and other Southeast Asian nations. [5] The World Oceans Day takes place every 8 June. [6]
The ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia were the oldest civilization in the world, beginning about 4000 BCE.. A civilization (also spelled civilisation in British English) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or spoken languages (namely, writing systems and graphic arts).