Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27653250-20160813154626/@comment-26236093-20161017211953

I believe that it takes away from the works of Professor Tolkien to attempt to apply our world to that of Arda, as while this world may have been influenced by the geography of our own, it for the most part remains un-connected from and entirely fictitious (save perhaps in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Lost_Tales Book of Lost Tales). Additionally, please also that Tolkien specified that the Hobbiton is on the same latitude as Oxford, whole the Italian city of Ravenna is believed to be the inspiration for Minas Tirith.