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While they did boil down certain factions to represent historical empires 40k at its heart is one simple thing.

Tolkien in space.

SerQuintus wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:


Really?
The Iron Cross wasn't a templar thing?

EDIT: Turns out it wasn't; it was a modified Teutonic thing. It seems that the Black Templars are a mix of the various knightly orders.

Black Templars don't use the Iron Cross they use the Maltese Cross - they are similar crosses, in the same way a Sherman MkI tank is similar to a Sherman MkII tank, or the way Mk4 Power Armour is similar to Mk7 Power armour - but they aren't the same.

Ah yes, upon close inspection, the cross the BT use is, in fact, a variation of the Maltese cross.
At a glance it was easy to confuse the two, but I see the difference now.

Well i dont know any real historical things 40k was based on but from what i have been told the story of the emperor is based on all religions.

In a nut shell the emperor created all the religions of the world in an attempt to make the world love each other or some crap like that.