The Atlantean Ocean
It has been said by poets that the Ocean is a desert with its life underground.
The Atlantic Ocean, or Atlantean Ocean, has been a living and deadly expanse since long before the advent of humanity in the world of Athena Minerva. Since earliest times humans lived near water (drinking fresh water and finding food living under fresh and salt water) and used water for easy (arguably easy) transportation.
After early humans learned to harness weaponry, fire, living in caves, the wheel, not living in caves any more, the horse, the horse-drawn cart, and agriculture and irrigation, traveling the rivers and oceans was the first thing on their minds.
Always eager to travel and learn what surprises were over the horizon, nearly all early civilizations near water were extremely proud of the ability they gained to travel, record the locations of distant lands, and return back home. (Some were more rightfully proud of their skills than others of course.)
Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, and even the cold-loving Norwegians routinely went "viking", (adventuring), even across the Atlantic Ocean to a distant continent, finding exotic new lands, plants, animals, interesting people, and bartering or taking all their coolest stuff by force, and bringing it all back to show the family and townsfolk at home.
The African and Eurasian continents were charted, plus islands, so, so many islands.
The Atlantean Ocean soon became the king of challenges. Civilizations who could master that often-treacherous expanse and find the spots of land with other natural resources (even if those resources belonged to other people) were able to grow their riches in food, culture, technology, and of course, military might.
Beneath the Atlantean Ocean was for many years only a mystery. Indescribable tentacled creatures were partially seen in the murky depths, and many shipping vessels in all ages failed to survive and vanished beneath the waves forever.
Type
Ocean
Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
Comments