Edited sentence: Chesterton's The Everlasting Man, a book which Lewis admired.However, they are praised warmly for their storytelling.In the purely literary sense, however, the depiction of Calormene religion may owe something to the bogey image of Islam found in medieval romances: see Mahound and Termagant.Instead, the Calormenes are polytheistic and worship a plethora of gods, including the primary god Tash (meaning "stone" in Turkish), who is portrayed as a corporeal, stereotypical Satanic being requiring human sacrifices from his followers.It would also be true that Aravis and Emeth are the two token Calormenes whom readers come to know personally.Nesbit's depiction of Babylon (such as "Tisroc" as the name of the ruler, and appending "may he live forever" to mentions of this king).Parts of the culture seem to have been based on E.Such details can be compared with those of peoples throughout the Middle Eastern and Asian regions.The Calormene religion does not seem to be modeled on any of the monotheistic religions that are commonly practiced in these regions, such as Islam—though there may be similarities in pre-Muhammad Arab religions.The Calormenes are Lewis' arabesque fantasy, fashioned in its dazzling, exciting aspect from The Thousand and One Nights and the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; and in its horrifying, perversely fascinating aspect, from the luxuries and cruelties of the Ottoman world, and the terrifying composite deities of Egypt, India and Mesopotamia.The Chronicles have a British Victorian era flavour that was much in fashion during Lewis's lifetime, but may now be seen as politically incorrect.The religion of the Calormenes seems more likely to have been based on early Canaanite and Carthaginian religion, which also required human sacrifice, and was portrayed as the ultimate in diabolism in G.The unimaginative and business-minded nature of the Calormenes may also have been based on Chesterton's portrayal of Carthage.These are represented as exceptions to the rule and that otherwise, Calormene culture and people are "wise, wealthy, courteous, cruel and ancient", Chapter 4, What Caspian Did There, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader