Georgian (in the Caucasus) vs. Armenian diaspora

by jose_ber

Why have the Georgian people not been in diaspora as extensively or as long as their neighbours, the Armenian people, even though the homeland of the Georgians as well as that of the Armenians has been conquered numerous times by surrounding powers? (I am talking about long before the 1915-16 Armenian genocide as well.)

kaisermatias

The Armenians have traditionally been a more mercantile people, and set up in many cities in Central and Eastern Europe (including Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia). The same can not be said of the Georgians, who were largely a rural people who didn't migrate far from the Georgian territory (except for Georgian monks who went to Jerusalem). The lack of a genocide to incentivize the Georgians out also contributed, but its more to do with them traditionally looking inwards, while Armenians have a history of setting up across that part of the world.