User blog comment:Kidtragic/Elder Scrolls Races and Cultures Compared to Real Life./@comment-99.105.83.169-20160105004120

Dunmer (and even Dwarves) Seem wayyyyy more Mesopotamian influenced than far eastern tbh- Volitlile landscapes, punishing gods, their names resemble west Asian names not so much east Asian ones, ziggurats, Symbols and armor seem very middle eastern and archaic, Man gods passing down laws, and similar to Empires in those Areas in our world, ES Empire had a tough time conquering those parts (in the case of Morrowind it was never truely conquered, simply won over via treaties where as Rome barely took land from the Parthians).

Akavir would be more like Japan or China tbh, not Morrowind, especially if we go by the "Disaster" book, their Architecture in Oblivion and the Blades outfits