Third Age

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age of Middle-earth fictional historical era

The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Third Age canonical	30
Early Third Age	2
Third Age of Middle-earth	2
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age	1
set in Third Age of Middle-earth	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	age of Middle-earth ⓘ fictional historical era ⓘ
appearsIn	The History of Middle-earth ⓘ The Hobbit ⓘ The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ
approximateDuration	3021 years ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
culturalShift	decline of Númenórean bloodlines ⓘ fading of the Elven realms ⓘ rise of the kingdoms of Men ⓘ
endEvent	beginning of the Dominion of Men ⓘ coronation of Aragorn II Elessar ⓘ departure of the Ring-bearers from Middle-earth ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ final downfall of Sauron ⓘ
endsWith	start of the Fourth Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
follows	Second Age ⓘ
governedBy	Realms of Arnor and Gondor ⓘ Stewards of Gondor ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Dwarves ⓘ Elves ⓘ Hobbits ⓘ Men ⓘ Orcs ⓘ
languageContext	Sindarin still used by Elves ⓘ Westron ⓘ surface form: Westron widely spoken
majorConflict	Angmar War ⓘ War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ War of the Ring ⓘ War of the Ring in the North ⓘ
majorEvent	Battle of the Morannon ⓘ Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ Bilbo Baggins finds the One Ring ⓘ Council of Elrond ⓘ Kin-strife in Gondor ⓘ Scouring of the Shire ⓘ White Council drives Sauron from Dol Guldur ⓘ White Council formed ⓘ division of Arnor into Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur ⓘ founding of Arnor ⓘ founding of Gondor ⓘ plague of T.A. 1636 ⓘ return of Sauron to Dol Guldur ⓘ rise and fall of Angmar ⓘ
notableLocation	Dol Guldur ⓘ Gondor ⓘ Isengard ⓘ Lothlórien ⓘ Mordor ⓘ Moria ⓘ Rivendell ⓘ Rohan ⓘ The Shire ⓘ
notableTheme	decline of magic in Middle-earth ⓘ rise and fall of Sauron ⓘ transition from Elder Days to the Age of Men ⓘ waning of the Elves ⓘ
partOf	The History of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: history of Middle-earth
precedes	Fourth Age ⓘ
settingFor	War of the Ring ⓘ surface form: Quest of the Ring Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ surface form: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ surface form: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ surface form: The Two Towers War of the Ring ⓘ
startEvent	Isildur taking the One Ring from Sauron ⓘ first defeat of Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth → hasAge → Third Age ⓘ

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → chronology → Third Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: set in Third Age of Middle-earth

The Silmarillion → containsWork → Third Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

Unfinished Tales → mainTheme → Third Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Age of Middle-earth

Faramir → chronologicalEra → Third Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Age of Middle-earth

Minas Tirith → renamedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Erebor → foundedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Sauron → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Dwarves of Erebor → foundingAge → Third Age ⓘ

Istari → timeOfArrival → Third Age ⓘ

House of Isildur → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Rivendell → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Woodland Realm → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Gondor → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Angmar → foundedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Angmar → dissolvedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Belegaer → era → Third Age ⓘ

Misty Mountains → eraOfExistence → Third Age ⓘ

Hobbiton → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Gladden Fields → timeOfMainEvents → Third Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Third Age

Déagol → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Eriador → age → Third Age ⓘ

Dwarves → eraActive → Third Age ⓘ

Edoras → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Moria → timePeriodOfDecline → Third Age ⓘ

Bagshot Row → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Fourth Age → follows → Third Age ⓘ

Osgiliath → timeAsCapital → Third Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Third Age

Fellowship of the Ring → formedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Lothlórien → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

The Took family → chronologicalEra → Third Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Took family

Balin → era → Third Age ⓘ

Spiders of Mirkwood → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

King in Exile → timePeriodInFiction → Third Age ⓘ

House of Durin → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Dale → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ