It is often said (Tolkien may have even said it himself) that Middle-Earth is a piece of Europe (or England) and that Tolkien intended The Hobbit, LOTR, the Sil, etc. to be an alternative prehistory of Earth. He certainly makes it seem plausible enough.
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