Directions: The first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6, respectively. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the following combinations is correct.

1. Plato described Atlantis as an island larger than Libya and Asia Minor put together, located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules — generally assumed to mean the Strait of Gibraltar. A. Their armies eventually conquered Africa as far as Egypt, and Europe as far as Tyrrhenia (Etruscan Italy) before being driven back by an Athenian-led alliance. B. As the Atlanteans grew powerful, their ethics declined. C. It was protected by the god Poseidon, who made his son Atlas king and namesake of the island and the ocean that surrounded it. D. Its culture was advanced and it had a constitution suspiciously similar to the one outlined in Plato’s “Republic".
2. Later, by way of divine punishment, the island was beset by earthquakes and floods and sank into a muddy sea.