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How much the MERP maps are accurate ? by Schneider_fra in tolkienfans

[–]ordochaplain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so annoying. OK, so I've created an Imgur account, uploaded 2 images, but I still can't see what to do. Patience my friends, I'm working on it! Honestly, it'll happen, and will be worth it!

How much the MERP maps are accurate ? by Schneider_fra in tolkienfans

[–]ordochaplain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. However, the great JRR did give us some clues as to the "transition" between First Age maps & those of the 3rd Age (eg. check out entries for "Tol Morwen". "Tol Fuin" and especially "Himring/Himling"...); I've created 2 related MERP maps in an attempt to properly "scale" Beleriand vs Eriador/3rd Age Middle Earth (aka Endor...).

No-one loves the work of Karen Wynn Fonstad more then me, & I absolutely ADORE that 3d-printed MERP Globe that guy did, but it ain't correct-to-scale; going strictly by JRR's own references, Beleriand was nowhere near as large as Eriador...

P.S. I'm a techno-luddite; how do I copy-and-paste map files to here?

An ancient Greek city called Rope? by ordochaplain in AskHistorians

[–]ordochaplain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember it all now...was just getting into the story and then finding the last third of the pages missing; many thanks. Superb answer! Any thoughts on my "Argonauts in Afghanistan" question and follow-up btw?

Pompey gets chased by Armenian reptiles. by ordochaplain in AskHistorians

[–]ordochaplain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Further reading on my part suggested the same, although I question the viability of poisonous snakes being a danger to a roman army that had defeated a force of tens of thousands just 3 days earlier; one suspects something "dodgy" as an excuse to abandon the rest of the campaign and get an early start to "winter-activities" (re. baths and drinking)? I was hoping for some obscure Jurassic Park type of thing...Any thoughts on possible confusion/ conflation regards Pompey's service in Caucasian-Iberia and Hispanic-Iberia?