Why did columbus call the people he met in america indians?

Columbus called the people he met in America “Indians” because he thought that he found a new route to the East - India - so he called those people Indians. In fact, he went to the other way and found the Americas - that they called at that time West Indies.

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adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.