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Has anyone ever produced a map of Tolkien's Middle Earth that correlates to Euro-Asian topography?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) June 3rd, 2018

Supposedly The Shire correlates to modern Oxfordshire county, England. And Mordor, which is eventually reached, is somewhere South of the Carpathians or near modern-day Iraq.

Tolkien has created mythologies, cultures, and languages that seem deeply authentic with their correlating mythologies, languages and cultures that inspired them. Ultimately there seems to be historic correlations with east/west conflict, Northern invasions. etc etc.

So, has anyone ever developed a map of Middle Earth that correlates to corresponding locations in Europe and its Asian/African frontiers?

Such a map or maps would have actual European topography with the approximate Middle Earth locations transposed upon it.

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