Yup and history in general works well. Authentic history and embellished history tends to be a very exciting "fantasy" world. Heck, look at the Total War games

Yup and history in general works well. Authentic history and embellished history tends to be a very exciting "fantasy" world. Heck, look at the Total War games: Shogun: Total War Medieval: Total War Rome: Total War Medieval II: Total War Empire: Total War Napoleon: Total War