A Look at the Historic Wars That Have Inspired 'Game of Thrones'
Recent comments made by Snoop Dogg claiming he liked to watch HBO’s hit program Game of Thrones for
Recent comments made by Snoop Dogg claiming he liked to watch HBO‘s hit program Game of Thrones for historic purposes were heavily criticized. However in this TED-Ed short above, we come to find that much of George R.R. Martin’s framework were in fact drawn from historic battles. Beginning around 1377, medieval England harbored a power struggle between two noble families which spanned generations and Alex Gendler illustarted how the real-life epic Wars of the Roses served as the crux for the conflict between the fictional characters in Game of Thrones.
