The Trojan War (aka the Trojan War of Five Kings, but actually it permeates all of ASOIAF, not just that war)49
The Wars of the Roses (It's come up *many* times on the pod but we've never done a focused episode)78
The Anarchy aka the Times of Trouble (the inspiration for the Dance of the Dragons)54
Pirates! (Real pirates of all kinds vs. those of GRRM)24
Rome and ASOIAF (From The Wall to the lockstep legions of Old Ghis)56
Vikings (it's not just Ironborn parallels...)20
William the Conqueror (the inspiration for Aegon the Conqueror)40
The Black Dinner (The infamous Scottish event that inspired the Red Wedding)57
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Following up the authorial influences - let's pair that against history. The top 3 choices from this poll will compete on Friday against the top 3 choices from Monday's poll. Also like Monday's poll, there are quite a few things that could have been on this that are not - but we are somewhat limited by our own knowledge! Others I feel should come later, such as the Hundred Years War, which was set up by (at least) two of the selections below.
PS - Monday's poll was only supposed to have 6 topics but I got a little excited and added some more. This time I kept it on track. EDIT no I certainly did not.
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