I suppose... hm.. Tolkien meant his works take place in the unknown history of our world ( we live in Seventh Age now, I think)
So I imagine many small dark lords and ladies in service of Melkor - an emperor there, a pharaoh here, religious tyrants, rulers named The Bloody or The Cruel, and the ones who started World War II...
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