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MrHobit1234 wrote: Gen. Grievous1138 wrote:

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) Gondor is not fuedalistic, the only fuedal relationship is that of the Princes and the Stewards, the rest is true. Anyways, Tolkien based the Crown of Gondor off of the Hedjet as I previously said.

I was counting that as part of clothes. And that means nothing. Just because they have an Egyptian crown is nothing considering the many similarities with the Byzantine Empire.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 18:53, August 2, 2017 (UTC)