PRAGUE - Recently I tried to discover the origins of the name "Europe". To my surprise, many see its roots in the Akkadian word 'erebu', meaning twilight or sunset. "Asia", on the other hand, is supposedly derived from the Akkadian 'asu,' meaning daybreak.
PRAGUE - Recently I tried to discover the origins of the name "Europe". To my surprise, many see its roots in the Akkadian word 'erebu', meaning twilight or sunset. "Asia", on the other hand, is supposedly derived from the Akkadian 'asu,' meaning daybreak.