We kindly ask that the history of Georgia be represented correctly.    

Below is Gemini analysis available at https://gemini.google.com/share/e882203e0dc4

Here is a breakdown of why the map is inaccurate:

What the map depicts: If you look at the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea (the Caucasus, where Georgia is located) on the map labeled "AD 1400," the entire area is colored solid green. According to the map's legend, green represents Islam.
The historical reality: Georgia is one of the oldest Christian nations in the world, having adopted Christianity as its state religion in the 4th century (around AD 337). In AD 1400, the Kingdom of Georgia and the vast majority of its population were firmly Christian (specifically, Georgian Orthodox).
Historical context for 1400: During this exact period (between 1386 and 1403), Georgia was enduring a series of devastating military invasions by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamerlane). While Timur was Muslim and his empire temporarily dominated and ravaged the region, the Georgian state and its people did not convert to Islam and maintained their Christian identity.
The text on the display acknowledges that the maps "do not necessarily reflect the religious diversity in any particular location." However, painting a historically Christian kingdom entirely green is a significant oversimplification. The mapmaker likely used very broad strokes to show the general military dominance or influence of Islamic empires in the Middle East and Central Asia at that time, incorrectly absorbing resilient Christian nations in the Caucasus—like Georgia and Armenia—into that block.

To be historically accurate, the area corresponding to Georgia should be colored the pinkish hue used to represent Christianity.

Both the AD 1000 and AD 700 maps share similar flaws to the AD 1400 map, primarily by conflating the political borders of expanding empires with the actual religions practiced by the people living there.

Here is a breakdown of what the maps show versus historical reality:

1. The AD 1000 Map (Middle)

What it shows: The map colors almost the entire Caucasus region (between the Black and Caspian Seas) solid green for Islam, with the pink (Christianity) ending at the borders of the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia.
Historical reality: This is highly inaccurate, both politically and demographically. The year AD 1000 was the dawn of the Georgian "Golden Age." During this exact time, King Bagrat III was unifying the various Georgian principalities into a single, independent, and powerful Christian Kingdom of Georgia (formally established in 1008). Neighboring Armenia was also an independent Christian kingdom under the Bagratid dynasty. While there was a Muslim-ruled enclave centered around the capital (the Emirate of Tbilisi, which the Georgians would later reclaim), the region as a whole was ruled by Christian monarchs, and the population was overwhelmingly Christian.
2. The AD 700 Map (Bottom)

What it shows: This map shows a split in the region. The area immediately along the eastern coast of the Black Sea is colored pink (Christianity), while the rest of the Caucasus region extending to the Caspian Sea is colored green (Islam).
Historical reality: This map appears to be illustrating political and military borders rather than the faith of the population.
The pink area correctly reflects that Western Georgia (known then as Lazica or Egrisi) remained under the political and cultural influence of the Christian Byzantine Empire and successfully resisted Arab conquest.
The green area reflects that Eastern Georgia (Iberia) and neighboring Armenia had recently been conquered by the rapidly expanding Arab Umayyad Caliphate, forcing local rulers to pay tribute.
The inaccuracy: While the Arab Caliphate held political power and collected taxes in the east, the local Georgian and Armenian populations did not convert to Islam en masse. They steadfastly maintained their Christian faith, which they had adopted centuries earlier. Coloring the area green implies a demographic religious shift that never happened.
Summary: All three maps in this exhibit suffer from the same methodological flaw: they paint the maximum territorial extent of conquering Islamic empires (the Umayyads in 700, various regional powers in 1000, and Timur in 1400) as massive, uniform blocks of Islamic belief. By taking this broad-strokes approach, the maps completely erase the continuous, 1,700-year history of the Caucasus as a resilient Christian region that maintained its identity despite centuries of invasions and foreign political control.