What natural disaster contributed to the disappearance of the Minoan civilization and gave rise to the legend of The Lost Island of Atlantis mentioned in Plato's writings?
A) It was buried by thick ash deposits from the volcanic eruption of Thera about 1600 B.C. and sank as the caldera beneath the island collapsed.
B) It was buried by thick ash deposits from Mt. Vesuvius in 79 B.C.
C) It was obliterated by volcanic dust storms from North Africa in the sixth century A.D.
D) It washed away in a giant tsunami about 79 A.D.
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