However, these lands are unlikely to contain any great civilisation, if life at all, so we can consider the knowledge to be sufficient. No complete map of Essos exists, and the polar regions to the far north of Westeros, way beyond the Wall are still unexplored. Even the two continents that are known, Westeros and Essos, are not fully charted. Little is known about Sothoryos, and almost nothing is known about Ulthos. Consider the late discovery of the Americas, and the even later discovery of Australia, by Eurasian civilisation.įurther to this, we don't even know a significant amount about the four continents. It is entirely possible that there are more continents that are not known. We should remember that civilisation in the known world is currently at a state where there are many parts of the world still uncharted. Currently there are 4 known continents of the known world: Westeros, Essos, Sothoryos, and Ulthos. I think it's important to understand the planet, and how much is known. All of Essos seems well arranged, even settled, while all of Westeros goes to war whenever a highborn firstborn hits puberty.
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#A song of ice and fire crossover free#
In general, the Free Cities appear bigger not only in population and size but also the architecture, than any dwelling in Westeros. The Warlocks in Qarth live more ore less openly among other people. If not, you will still find at least one person who will claim they once met someone from Asshai who could. Maegi are more than tales and everything that may seem impossible/unrealistic can be done by at least one person from Asshai. In Essos, many beliefs are practiced, but people are hardly judged by that. The remaining acknowledged supernatural thing are the Children of the Forest, but even here everybody knows there aren't any left anywhere. Nobody believes there are things like mammoths, giants, skinchangers and such. The alchemists seem a pathetic guild of engineers. The Maesters can choose to study magic but few do and none can actually perform magic. Everything else is little more than folly, if at all. There are the new gods and people somehow accept there are old gods as well. Their beliefs and knowledge seem to have devolved over time. In terms of society and technology I also wouldn't call Westeros leading. So in terms of population I would reduce my guess, making Westeros about one third of the known world.
#A song of ice and fire crossover tv#
the TV series, according to the book there are way more Dothraki and other tribes/people living on that side of the narrow sea. IIRC, I got this impression from the Daenerys chapter where she talks to Kraznys mo Nakloz for the first time.Ĭomparing impressions from reading the books vs. Just reading A Storm of Swords and it would appear Mereen, Yunkai and Astapor are not of the nine Free Cities. If Yunkai does not greatly outsize all other Free Cities, Essos probably has a much larger population than Westeros. This allows for speculation that Yunkai alone has a population somewhere between 200K and 1M people. In Yunkai alone, there are about 200K slaves (according to TV show S3E7). I'm still having trouble gauging the size of Essos. So, measuring in military size and assuming there aren't any other big inhabited continents we don't know of, Westeros is about half the world. If I had to guess I'd say that's a little more than the Wildlings and all of Essos put together, but I can't find solid numbers on those. Give or take a few garrisons, all of Westeros has (had) about 300K soldiers. The numbers don't feel mathematically sound, but maybe the Westerosi are very good at accounting for losses in most recent battles, while I'm not.
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I re-watched the TV show and did a little army counting on the side. So how important is Westeros to the entire planet? Are they a few among many or are they the most sophisticated society on that planet and take a rather leading role? There are also the Wildlings north of the wall, which also seems to be a large civilization. Also the Dothraki may live a very wildling-ish life, but they appear neither afraid of nor foreign to higher cultures.
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There is a lot of civilization beyond the Narrow Sea and, especially around the Narrow Sea, most of it is very evolved in terms of society and economy. Of course, Westeros is the main stage for A Song of Ice and Fire, but how important is it at a planetary scope?