The colors of the seas and the directions
Open Access Now 2021-04-28
Summary:
Tim Leonard just came across this article from five years ago that hypothesizes a common origin for the names of the Red Sea, Black Sea, and (in Turkish) White Sea and Blue Sea: "It Works for the Turks: A Colour for Each Direction"Frank Jacobs, Big Think (3/6/16) Peter Golden has often talked to me about […]