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The problem with that is that the Tua'than with Jews though is that Jews were never really pacifists, and aren't really known for tinkering or travelling in wagons. Plus, while Jews were certainly persecuted (moreso than the Tinkers are, I'd say), they also had a prolific intellectual culture...

I see them more as Romani people (ie. Gypsies), and other European travelling people such as Irish Travellers, Rôm, etc. I wasn't able to find any historical text called the Book of the Warrior. Are you Referring to the Way of the Warrior - ie. Bushido? That's Japanese - which goes quite well...

I've heard this a lot, and it makes sense, since I think I've heard that Robert Jordan was very interested in Native American culture and history - but I've honestly always associated them with Zulus, or Tuaregs even.

To me, sci-fi and fantasy are at their best when they take familiar elements and mix them up so we as readers are forced to reconsider or view of the world - that's why I vastly prefer when cultures aren't flatly transplanted from the real world, but fit into the story with their own historical...

Edited. I'll probably look through some other countries as well.

Let me see if I can take this off the top of my head: Andor: A strong Queen - typically associated with England. The "norm" country - since RJ was an Anglophone, it makes sense that his "baseline" country, to which all other countries are compared, is based on England in some capacity. Lions -...