Talk:Rhûn

Persian scholars view on how Rhun is based on the Persian empires
In the Behind the Scenes section of the Rhun article, it states that Tolkien was inspired by the Achemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid Persian empires in the development of Rhun, and Rhun being based on them, but the evidence supporting this is not sufficient enough to say that Rhun is based on the Persian empires, do any Persian scholars agree with this statement, none have been shown, and does Tolkien actually say he was inspired by the Persian empires in the creation of Rhun, only assumptions are made by similarities in terms of religion, and other factors. As for Persian armor, the armor of easterlings does not resemble anything to what I have seen the soldiers of the Achemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid Persian empires wore in combat in historical books about them. The section also states that Game Workshop supports the theory that the easterlings are based on the Persian empires, that source of evidence seems irrelevant, since Game Workshop is a gaming company rather than a group of educated historians who would probably have a better depth of knowledge on the subject of Persian history. Another point to some of the flaws in this section is that the easterlings had used scaled armor in combat, just like soldiers of the Persian empires. Scaled armor has been used by many other peoples than just the Persians, peoples like the Romans, Dacians, Armenians, Mongolians, Chinese, Korean, and Indians have also used scaled armor. Unless there is flawless evidence to support this claim it is unreasonable to say that the easterlings are based on the Achemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid Persian empires.

70.237.109.93 00:57, April 11, 2011 (UTC)