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Sinthorion wrote: MrHobit1234 wrote: I would say that Gondor is closer to Egypt than the Eastern Roman Empire though. I would say it is closer to Byzantium than both. The stone architecture, the beacons, the mountains, the hillmen, the feudalism; no single godlike ruler, no desert, no pyramids...

Moreover, the history also resembles that of Byzantium: a former great empire, decayed and broken, the western part overrun but the east still alive.

I cannot kudos this enough. Sinth's exactly right. The only similarity between Gondor and Egypt is... clothes and a river delta. That's basically it.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 17:11, August 2, 2017 (UTC)