Europe as Middle Earth. (For you LOTR fans).
 

I've thought of something.
What about this:

Gondor---Northern Italy/Austria/Slovenia/western Slovakia
Harandor--- (Southern Gondor)--Southern Italy/Sicily
Rohan---Germany/Switzerland/eastern France
Umbar---Morocco
Near Harad---Egypt/Libya
Far Harad---Sub-Saharan Africa
The Bay of Belfalas---The Meditteranean Sea
The Sea of Rhun---The Black Sea
Khand---Turkey
Dunlad--Denmark
Rhun---Russia
The Misty Mountains---Mountain range in Norway/Sweden
The Iron Hills---The Ural Mountains
The Grey Havens---Ireland
Brandywine River---The Thames River
The Anduin--- Most of Europe's rivers run east/west and not north/south.
The Shire/Bree---England
Arnor---The British Isles
Amon Sul---Scotland!! It should be further west.
Rivendell--Trondheim, Norway
Carrock--Umea, Sweden
Moria---West Gate (Bergen) East Gate (Oslo)
Trollshaws---The Faroe Islands
Mirkwood---Primarily Finland
Dol Goldur---Malmo, Sweden. The Necromancer could represent Malmo's huge and violent Muslim minority.
Erebor---Murmansk, Russia
Esgaroth/Lake Men of Dale---Arkhangelsk, Russia
The Long Lake---The White Sea
The River Running---The Volga River
The White Moutains---The Alps
Emyn Muil---The Lusatian Mountains
Helm's Deep---Zurich, Switzerland
Dunharrow---Bern, Switzerland
Edoras---Munich, Germany
Minas Tirith---Vienna, Austria
Isengard---Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Osgiliath---Bratislava, Slovakia
Mordor---Hungary/Northern Romania/Western Ukraine
Minas Morgul---Budapest.

Baradur---Debrecen, Hungary
Mt. Doom---Uzhhorod, Ukaine
Ered Lithui/Ash Mountains---The Carpathians

The Silmarillion

The Blue Mountains--Have been replaced as a natural barrier by the Atlantic Ocean
Dorthonion---Iceland
Gondolin---Reykjavík
Hithlum---Greenland
Ice Bay of Forochel---Arctic Ocean
Anfauglith---The Norwegian Sea
The ruins of Angband---Svalbard

Tolkien probably did look at a map when making Middle Earth.
Middle Earth is supposed to be a mythological pre-history of Europe.

Thoughts?

Does this make the Americas Valinor? Could explain all the cheap elvish labor in the country lately. :D

Blast, I'm right between Gondor and Mordor

:haha:

Not sure, but, North America represents the Undying Lands.
Back on-topic, i missed a few:

Numenor is Bermuda,
Pelenor is Hainburg, Austria,
Cirith Ungol is Jazbereny, Hungary,
The watch tower at Amon Hen is Dresden, Germany,
The Dead Marshes is Prague, Czech Republic, and
The Pirate Port in Harad is Algiers, Algeria.

Proudfeet! :woot:

From looking where Rohan roughly is is I guess they decided to switch from horses and cavalry to Mercedes and BWM. :O:

Yes, they've come a long way! :DL

Well, it certainly could be. Tolkien did base large parts of LOTR on Germanic mythology.


PS, Isengard isn't really located on the place of Amsterdam;) I'd say it's probably more like where Kiel is.

http://images.wikia.com/lotr/images/...e-boromir2.jpg
"One does simply... walk into Hungary/Northern Romania/Western Ukraine!"

People of Gondor, protect your daughters, for I am your king!

http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9295/berlusconi3.png

:haha:

You would be in Osgillliath.

http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Osgiliath

--No this is a pretty good comparison. Better than many I've seen. I'm a pretty big LOTR fan so this makes me happy :up:

Mirkwood, land of about a thousand lake.
No wait....

Yep, you're right. That's definately our economy on those screens.

Hahah!! :haha: