Georgians came about from an ancient realm on the shore of the Black Sea.
== Geographic subdivisions and subethnic groups ===== Geographical subdivisions ===The Georgians have historically been classified into various subgroups based on the geographic region which their ancestors traditionally inhabited
 The language known today as Georgian is a traditional language of the eastern part of the country which has spread to most of the present-day Georgia after the post-Christianization centralization in the first millennium CE

