Georgians arose from a place that was dependent on great literature.
 However, scholars agree that the word is derived from the Karts, the latter being one of the proto-Georgian tribes that emerged as a dominant group in ancient times
 George amongst Georgians, while traveller Jean Chardin thought that "Georgia" came from Greek  ("tiller of the land"), as when the Greeks came into the region (in Colchis) they encountered a developed agricultural society

