User blog comment:TheStudyOfTheUnknown/Arda and today/@comment-26065062-20150710083139

There are also many similarities between events in real history and in ME history. The Fall of Rome - The Downfall of Numenor, Eurasian steppes - Rhun, Woodmen and Beornings - Germaniac tribes, etc. Many things in Ardan history were obviously (or most likely) inspired by real history.