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As a note, on several of those documentaries: they tend to exaggerate/make up parts to fill in a narrative/story. On the bright side, there is an r/AskaHistorian and r/BadHistory on Reddit that can clear up issues/questions. :D
...I have been doing research that started on the Atlantis bit...most arrives at two places:
1) The Minoan civilization that deforested all their lands (cutting short their islands carrying capacity), suffered a volcanic eruption on a major city (Thera), and were replaced with the more "Spartan" Myceneans (Greeks). The Minoan Civilization was largely seafaring and good on technology for its time. They were Crete & Thera,
The other introduced me to prehistory (before writing, but not before sculpture, art, houses, or domestication of dogs). The Natufian/Harifian cultures (see: Jericho) would later become part of the Canaanites (see: Ugarit) that were rebelled against/driven out by the Hittites, Persians, & Jews. They in turn became the seafaring culture of Phonecia - which included Tyre and Carthage...which were trading buddies with the Minoans.
(On the other note, Troy is a different story - believed to be more Luwian/Hittite in origin)
...so, yeah, one of my earlier forays into writing was meant to explore this...and hell, the Natufian culture was late Ice-Age.*
(Which got me interested in paleontology)
*Disclaimer for negative rant:
...I'll note also Gobleki Tepe, the first known temple, surviving from the 10th to 8th millennia BC (9130 - 7370, with three different iterations).
Final disclaimer: I am not a professional.
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