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The world of the Videssos Series and its neighbors are placed in is based upon a compressed and reversed area corresponding to Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, and Asia. What normally lies to the east in our world lies to the west in Videssos and vice versa. Many peoples are likewise based upon real-life peoples.

Examples include:

Arshaum=Mongol Empire

Desert Nomads=Arabs

Halogai=Scandinavians, particularly the Vikings

Khamorth=Turkic peoples

Makuraners=Persians

Namdaleners=Normans

Vaspurakaners=Armenians

Empire of Videssos=Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire

In the entries, the name of the land or people in parenthesis (Example) refers to the real life country or people the Videssian counterpart is based on.

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