Caucasian?

by TolkienFan97

Why are White People called Caucasian? What is the connection to Caucasus? Are Indo Europeans from Caucasus?

Just guessing I am utterly ignorant of ancient history.

TheKholinPrince

Hi! This question was just asked yesterday, so maybe this thread will be useful to you: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43imte/why_are_white_people_often_referred_to_as/