Can somebody inform me?

Can you please inform me why all white people, in

Europe and elsewhere, are called Caucasians while

the Caucasus is some place different with more

beautiful exotic looking folks?

What is the history behind this?

I don't understand...
I don't look like a Caucasian (never mind that I have
ancestors in Asia), but I am called Caucasian -
at least in America

Caucasus

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This article is about the geographic region in Eurasia. For other uses, see Caucasus (disambiguation) and Caucasia (disambiguation)

A map of the Caucasus region (2008)

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia (for endonyms, see below), is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between theBlack and the Caspian sea. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, which contain Europe's highest mountain, Mount Elbrus. Politically, the Caucasus region is separated between northern and southern parts.

North Caucasus	South Caucasus
Russian Federation (partially)  Chechnya  Dagestan  Ingushetia  Adyghea  Kabardino-Balkaria  Karachay–Cherkessia  North Ossetia  Krasnodar Krai  Stavropol Krai	Abkhazia  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Nakhchivan  Georgia  Adjara  Nagorno-Karabakh  South Ossetia  Turkey (partially)  Iran (partially) Can you please inform me why all white people, in Europe and elsewhere, are called Caucasians while the Caucasus is some place different with more beautiful exotic looking folks? What is the history behind this? I don't understand...