@civixplorer: In ancient Greek literature, "sailing the Seven Seas" was not a modern oceanographic classification, but a symbolic phrase describing the known maritime world. Rather than seven isolated oceans, this classical grouping combined the familiar heartland of Hellenic civilization with the far frontiers of ancient trade and exploration. At the center of this network sat the Aegean Sea, serving as the primary maritime highway between mainland Greece, the islands, and modern western Türkiye. Together with the broader Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea along Italy, these waters drove ancient commerce. To the north, the Black Sea provided vital trade routes and colonies reaching into modern Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Romania. Following the conquests of Alexander the Great, Greek horizons expanded even farther east. Expeditionary voyages opened connections to the landlocked Caspian Sea near Iran, as well as the Red Sea beside Egypt and the Persian Gulf, linking the Mediterranean world to the lucrative trade networks of India. 💬 Which ancient sea do you find most fascinating? Let us know in the comments! 📝 Note: This list reflects one traditional enumeration of the Seven Seas attributed to ancient Greek geographical literature. 🧿 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 #greece #History #mediterranean #ancientgreece #greek

Eng.أبو تركي :

Its name is the Arabian Gulf

varp🪖 :

Capsia is Lake

КланКрутыхКолпаков :

You forgot to mention the Sea of Azov, you mentioned the Black Sea.

pantsuit arsonist :

what a about the aral sea of Dardanelle

LB :

pontian sea....not black sea... euxinos pontos (hospitable sea)

Cadres :

well it wasn't the big deal as we thought

ܝܙܢ🦅 :

Aegean is Mediterranean

يزن عسيري🇸🇦 :

Arabian*

mharkyvaldez :

Only the Caspian as a SEA that do not have a direct access to the worlds ocean

Прокопан Мусоровоз :

why red sea isn't red?

Ardian01 :

Adriatic 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

Connnos :

adriatic and aegean are part of yhe mediteranean

Λεго :

Caspian is not a Sea

charliebrown :

Sam castic.m :

"black sea" "red sea"

Octavius :

Ionian sea?

. :

"los siete mares" es de época moderna (1450-1850) ... son Índico, Mar de China, Mar del Sur (Pacífico Sur), Caribe, Mar del Norte (Atlántico Norte), Mediterráneo y Mar Rojo

Eng.أبو تركي :

Its name is the Arabian Gulf, and its strait is called the Strait of Khalid ibn al-Walid.

Священна римська імперія :

автор забыл про существование Азовского моря 🫤

jjcgjk :

entre España y Marruecos se llama mar de Alborán

weedsd0m :

Adri :

My name is Adriatik

Sofos :

Ionian

Tom Tank :

KINA TO BE MOBILE IN GREEK SEA URCHIN IS KINA IN PACIFIC SPIKY HAIR 😆

Tom Tank :

AFGHANI EVGENI EVGENIOS