Georgia benefited financially and culturally from this connection between East and West, but sometimes invaders also found it worth their while to pass this way.
प्राचीन समय में, जॉर्जा प्रसिद्ध सिल्क रोड (रेशम मार्ग) पर एक महत्त्वपूर्ण स्थान था, वही मार्ग जिससे मार्को पोलो चीन गया था ।