Ethnogenesis can occur passively, in the accumulation of markers of group identity forged through interaction with the physical environment, cultural and religious divisions between sections of a society, migrations and

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Ethnogenesis can be promoted to include or exclude any ethnic minority living within a certain country. In France, the integrationalist policy of the French Republicwas inclusive; their laws stated all persons born or legally residing in France proper (including overseas

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Language has been a critical asset for authenticating ethnic identities. The process of reviving an antique ethnic identity often poses an

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The set of cultural markers that accompanies each of the major religionsmay become a component of distinct ethnic identities, but they almost never exist in isolation. Ethnic definitions are subject to change over time, both within and outside groups. For

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Geographical factors can lead to both cultural and geneticisolation from larger human societies. Groups which settle remote habitats and intermarry over generations will acquire distinctive cultural and genetic traits, evolving from cultural continuity and through

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Ancient Greeks
Anthony D. Smithnotes that in general there is a lack of evidence which hampers the assessment of

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Within the historical profession, the term "ethnogenesis" has been borrowed as a neologism to explain the origins and evolution of so-called barbarianethnic cultures, stripped of its

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