I can't name much for the caucases sadly, being very ignorant on the subject, but I was told that whenever Gygax needed a name for something in one of his settings he just took a random Turkish or Armenian word.
I'm much more confident about the middle east thing, but that's not what we were talking about.
A ton of D&D and therefore fantasy stuff is from the middle east and the caucasus. Same with cosmic horror via lovecraft.
Can you name any specific examples? I'm curious.
I can't name much for the caucases sadly, being very ignorant on the subject, but I was told that whenever Gygax needed a name for something in one of his settings he just took a random Turkish or Armenian word. I'm much more confident about the middle east thing, but that's not what we were talking about.