Question for fans of Tolkien and those familiar with the LOTR books: was the Gondorian city of Minas Tirith based on Jerusalem?
Just a question that's entered by mind from time to time.
I would like to help guess, but I got nothing to prove it.
On one hand, I think yes. Like Old Jerusalem or the Kingdom of Jerusalem when it was built for a siege.
Other part of me says no. I think everything was supposed to be inspired by English history, nothing else since Tolkien longed for English mythology.
Then again, England has a huge history in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.