Talk:Updates/@comment-122.60.109.148-20170125210902/@comment-26983553-20170131140030

That is by no means true, Tolkien has used real world civiizations. Rohan is an example, he used Anglo-Saxons for their way of life and tongue. And he added a bit of what he believed they should have done, be a horse-folk, which he gathered from their defeat at Hastings.