File:Middle-earth's Geographic Influences.svg
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English: J. R. R. Tolkien made use of classical era, medieval and recent sources, including his own experience, in creating the places and peoples of Middle-earth. The main influences identified by scholars are shown on the map. Many Middle-earth places derive from several sources.
Main reference: Garth, John (2020) The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth, Frances Lincoln Publishers & Princeton University Press, pp. 12–13 The Shire, 39 Harad, 41, 151 Gondor, 32 Dwarves, 30 Trolls, 37 Numenor, 55 Elves, 88 Misty Mts, 159–168, 175, 182 Mordor, 32, 126 Rohan ISBN: 978-0-7112-4127-5. Other references: Librán-Moreno, Miryam (2011) "'Byzantium, New Rome!' Goths, Langobards and Byzantium in The Lord of the Rings" in Fisher, Jason , ed. Tolkien and the Study of his Sources, MacFarland & Co., pp. 84–116 ISBN: 978-0-7864-6482-1. Gondor as Byzantium, Goths Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien #168 Gondor as Venice Bowers, John M. (2019) Tolkien's Lost Chaucer, Oxford University Press, p. 170 ISBN: 978-0-19-258029-0. Harad as Barbary Corsairs Salo, David (2004). "Heroism and Alienation through Language in The Lord of the Rings". In Driver, Martha W.; Ray, Sid (eds.). The Medieval Hero on Screen: Representations from Beowulf to Buffy. McFarland. pp. 23–37. ISBN 978-0-7864-1926-5. Gondor as Byzantium; Umbar (of Harad) as Carthage; Southrons (Harad) as Arabs; Easterlings as Sarmatians, Huns, and Avars. Solopova, Elizabeth (2009), Languages, Myths and History: An Introduction to the Linguistic and Literary Background of J. R. R. Tolkien's Fiction, New York City: North Landing Books, ISBN 0-9816607-1-1, pp. 70–73: Pelennor as Chalons/Catalaunian Fields Swycaffer, Jefferson (1983). "Historical Motivations for the Siege of Minas Tirith". Mythlore 10.: Mordor as Asia Minor; Rohan as Hungary; Gondor as Constantinople |
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Author | Ian Alexander |
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current | 13:04, 2 May 2023 | 1,380 × 1,010 (313 KB) | Chiswick Chap (talk | contribs) | rm political boundaries | |
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11:46, 26 March 2023 | 1,380 × 1,010 (280 KB) | Chiswick Chap (talk | contribs) | include Irish in Celtic (abundant RS show this is correct) | ||
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16:21, 17 May 2021 | 1,380 × 1,010 (279 KB) | Chiswick Chap (talk | contribs) | add places, labels, and adjust | ||
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