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Jimmy Dude 21 wrote: I believe that Gondor was based more on the Byzantine empire. Gondor/Arnor used to be a massive empire like the old Roman empire used to be, and then Gondor/Arnor split like west/east Rome split. Then, Arnor eventually was overwhelmed by hordes like west Rome was overrun by barbaric tribes, while Gondor survived but slowly declined over the rest of the age like the Byzantine empire slowly declined throughout the medieval era. Tolkien thought Gondor and Arnor more like ancient Egypt.