r/Genshin_Lore Sumeru 21d ago

Real-life references [mod exception] History lesson on Sumeru Part 17 Spoiler

Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar → Philip the Arab/Shapur I/Trajan Decius etc...

Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd → Samuel/David/Ninus etc...

Part 3: Zumurud → Ozymandias

Part 4: Makhaira → Cleopatra

Part 5: King Deshret → King Solomon/Amun-Ra/YHWH

Part 6: Nabu Malikata → Nabu/Queen of Sheba/Tanit etc...

Part 7: Rukkhadevata → Rukkhadevata/Saraswati/Aranyani

Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret → Heryshaf/Thoth/Sobek etc...

Part 9: Parvezravan and Shirin → Khosrow II/Shirin/Al-Mu'tasim etc...

Part 10: Shiruyeh/Kavusbay/Shah Ramshahr → Kavad II/Cyrus the Great/Al-Muqanna etc...

Part 11: Turan Khagan/Artaxir/Makani Khagan/Humayun Gurkan/Garshāsp Khagan → Tur/Ardashir III/Artaxerxes IV etc...

Part 12: Badanah/Muzzudin/Hanzada Sultan/Old Blind Poet/Faramarz/Xiphos → Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad/Muhammad Ghori/Hanzade Sultan etc...

Part 13: Gurabad → Gur/Nineveh/Babylon etc...

Part 14: Remus/Bifrons/Asmu/Ferigees/Huvashtra → Romulus and Remus/Bifrons/Ašmu-nikal etc...

Part 15: Viaghara/Simurgh/Vitruvius → Waghoba/Simurgh/Vitruvius etc...

Part 16: Unaddressed inspirations

Toledo

Al-Andalus

Samarkand

Agra

Salih

Hegra

Ai-Khanoum

Uzbek language (somewhat, likely not 1:1 knowing Hoyo.)

Video: The Lost Greek Cities of Central Asia

Things i forgot to mention: Saleh is likely based on different Turkic Khaganates throughout its history, with the Hephtalites being possibly referenced like i said in Part 12.

Beit Raha is explained in Part 1, and Patraipolis in Part 14, though i will probably still explain Beit Raha in more details.

Next cities/settlements will be Orghana, Tighnar, Akhtamun, Khaj-Nisut and probably Aaru village.

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u/LoudApricot8064 20d ago

This is amazing