Second Age and Third Age

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age of Middle-earth fictional historical period pair of fictional historical periods

The Second Age and Third Age are successive historical periods in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked respectively by the rise and fall of Númenor and Sauron’s first defeat, and by the War of the Ring and the end of the Elves’ dominion.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Third Age	0
Second Age	0

Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	age of Middle-earth ⓘ age of Middle-earth ⓘ fictional historical period ⓘ fictional historical period ⓘ pair of fictional historical periods ⓘ
centralTheme	deception of Sauron ⓘ fading of the Elves ⓘ forging of the One Ring ⓘ power and corruption of the One Ring ⓘ pride and downfall of Men ⓘ rise and fall of Númenor ⓘ rise of Men ⓘ struggle against Sauron ⓘ
createdBy	J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ The Peoples of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature	War of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ end of the Elves’ dominion in Middle-earth ⓘ first defeat of Sauron ⓘ rise and fall of Númenor ⓘ
follows	First Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEvent	Angmar wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Five Armies NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Field of Celebrant NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Elrond NERFINISHED ⓘ Downfall of Barad-dûr NERFINISHED ⓘ Downfall of Númenor NERFINISHED ⓘ Elendil’s landing in Middle-earth ⓘ Great Plague NERFINISHED ⓘ Isildur’s taking of the One Ring ⓘ Kin-strife of Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Alliance of Elves and Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Quest of Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron’s capture by Ar-Pharazôn NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron’s return to Dol Guldur NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron’s rise in Middle-earth ⓘ War of the Elves and Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Last Alliance’s aftermath ⓘ War of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ White Council’s assault on Dol Guldur ⓘ coronation of Aragorn II Elessar NERFINISHED ⓘ corruption of Númenor by Sauron ⓘ creation of the Nazgûl ⓘ decline of Númenórean kingdoms in exile ⓘ departure of the Ring-bearers from the Grey Havens ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ end of the Elves’ dominion in Middle-earth ⓘ fall of Arnor NERFINISHED ⓘ fall of Númenor ⓘ first defeat of Sauron ⓘ forging of the Rings of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ founding of Arnor ⓘ founding of Eregion ⓘ founding of Gondor ⓘ founding of Khazad-dûm as a great Dwarf-realm ⓘ founding of Lindon ⓘ rise of Númenor ⓘ
notableCharacter	Ar-Pharazôn NERFINISHED ⓘ Aragorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Boromir NERFINISHED ⓘ Celebrimbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Elendil NERFINISHED ⓘ Elrond NERFINISHED ⓘ Elrond NERFINISHED ⓘ Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Galadriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Galadriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil-galad NERFINISHED ⓘ Gimli NERFINISHED ⓘ Isildur NERFINISHED ⓘ Legolas NERFINISHED ⓘ Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED ⓘ Saruman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLocation	Arnor NERFINISHED ⓘ Eregion NERFINISHED ⓘ Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ Isengard NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lothlórien NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirkwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ Númenor NERFINISHED ⓘ Rivendell NERFINISHED ⓘ Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Fourth Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingOf	Akallabêth NERFINISHED ⓘ Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age ⓘ

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The Grey Havens → era → Second Age and Third Age ⓘ