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Capitolo | The Naming of the Black Sea in Arabic-Islamic and Christian Sources

The Naming of the Black Sea in Arabic-Islamic and Christian Sources

Abstract

The paper deals with the naming of the Black Sea in Arabic-Islamic and Christian sources. Based on a purview of major designations of the Black Sea in the Arabic-Islamic and Christian geographical traditions, the author questions the geo-chromatic explanation of the name of the Black Sea. Instead, the author outlines a multi-layered naming structure in the system of the designations of the Black Sea. Historical names of the Black Sea in both Arabic-Islamic and Christian geographical traditions demonstrate independent trends in the naming of this sea which went through a convoluted process of semantic transformations as reflected in the extant records


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 13 Aprile 2022 | Accettato: 28 Luglio 2022 | Pubblicato 26 Aprile 2023 | Lingua: en

Keywords The descriptive geographyThe Christian geographical traditionThe geo-chromatic designationThe Black SeaThe Arabic-Islamic geographical tradition


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