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The White CouncilRe: Minas Tirith (was Re: Populous)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Minas Tirith (was Re: Populous)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Michael Martinez on September 07, 1999 at 20:22:20 In Reply to: Re: Minas Tirith (was Re: Populous) posted by Neithan on September 02, 1999 at 03:58:57:
: I agree mostly with Michael but dispute some points that I : shall return to later (especially concerning Rome, a favorite : subject of min). A further point is one I stated before, a long : time ago; Gondor's location and geographical area was much like : the heartlands of the Roman empire (heartlands around the birth : of Christ (which was in 4 or 5 B.C.!!)), how come then that it : is less populated than Denmark and the other primitive parts of : the Free Germania... On what do you base this question? We have no population figures for either Gondor or ancient Denmark. But Minas Tirith's little corner of Gondor was considerably smaller than Denmark, let alone the rest of the German lands. : ...It should be much heavier populated, even after the German : invasions that dealt the death stroke to the western empire, : that area was very heavily populated (in contrast to the border : areas- like Ithilien/Calednarhon- which were, to some extent, : depopulated by the incessant warfare and the empire's taxes). Gondor's population, though still great in size, had been worn down through centuries of warfare, attrition and rebellion, and disease. Its history was different from that of classical and Medieval Europe.
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