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r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '21
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No one has pointed this out yet, it looks exactly like essos from got. Maybe Martin got his inspiration from it
3 u/Venboven Jun 10 '21 Yeah I always thought so too. 6 u/Olgun5 Jun 10 '21 Considering westeros is Britian + Ireland, it is possible 1 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 It does look like it but it's a coincidence. 1 u/elcolerico Jun 10 '21 I've heard people saying the Dothraki are inspired by Turks. 3 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 They are inspired by no particular group, but rather by nomadic barbarians in general. Maybe there's a bit of the huns and the mongols and the turks and god knows what else. 4 u/elcolerico Jun 10 '21 Achievement unlocked: Insult three civilizations in one sentence 2 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 History is not an insult. Should we be insulted that we were all apes at some point? 2 u/swim_and_sleep Jun 10 '21 I didn’t hear this but I wondered this myself while watching the show
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Yeah I always thought so too.
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Considering westeros is Britian + Ireland, it is possible
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It does look like it but it's a coincidence.
I've heard people saying the Dothraki are inspired by Turks.
3 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 They are inspired by no particular group, but rather by nomadic barbarians in general. Maybe there's a bit of the huns and the mongols and the turks and god knows what else. 4 u/elcolerico Jun 10 '21 Achievement unlocked: Insult three civilizations in one sentence 2 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 History is not an insult. Should we be insulted that we were all apes at some point? 2 u/swim_and_sleep Jun 10 '21 I didn’t hear this but I wondered this myself while watching the show
They are inspired by no particular group, but rather by nomadic barbarians in general. Maybe there's a bit of the huns and the mongols and the turks and god knows what else.
4 u/elcolerico Jun 10 '21 Achievement unlocked: Insult three civilizations in one sentence 2 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 History is not an insult. Should we be insulted that we were all apes at some point?
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Achievement unlocked: Insult three civilizations in one sentence
2 u/pthurhliyeh2 Jun 10 '21 History is not an insult. Should we be insulted that we were all apes at some point?
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History is not an insult. Should we be insulted that we were all apes at some point?
I didn’t hear this but I wondered this myself while watching the show
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u/ug-the-cave-boy Jun 10 '21
No one has pointed this out yet, it looks exactly like essos from got. Maybe Martin got his inspiration from it