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History of Arda

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Valian Years

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Fourth Age

Dagor Dagorath

Timeline of Arda
Aragorn

The coronation of Elessar, High King of Arnor and Gondor

The Fourth Age was the time period that followed the War of the Ring (immediately) and the Third Age. It was a time of peace, and was also known as the "Age of Men".

History[]

The Fourth Age began once Sauron was vanquished and the One Ring destroyed. The Shire and the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor were restored. It marked the ascent of Men and the final diminishing of the Elves. Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Bilbo and Frodo sailed for the Undying Lands, as had most Elves on Middle-earth.

The allies of Sauron were greatly diminished. Harad was defeated and concluded a peace with King Aragorn II Elessar, by which Umbar, whose fleet had been completely destroyed in the mouths of the Anduin, was returned to Gondor, with South Gondor and the eastern territories also annexed. The Easterlings of Rhûn also suffered a terrible defeat as their Orc allies fled in terror from the Battle of the Black Gate. However, King Elessar and his allies such as King Éomer of Rohan on occasion warred with their enemies, fighting in the east and south to bring security to their kingdoms. King Elessar died in FO 120 and was succeeded by his son Eldarion who ruled until about FO 220. Of the kings of the Reunited Kingdom after him, nothing is known.

Behind the scenes[]

J.R.R. Tolkien said that he thought the distance between the end of the Third Age and the 20th century A.D. was about 6000 years, and that 1958 should have been around the end of the Fifth Age if the Fourth and Fifth Ages were about the same length as the Second and Third Ages. He said, however, in a letter written in 1958 that he believed the Ages had quickened and that it was about the end of the Sixth Age or beginning of the Seventh (this letter is referred to in the "Fourth Age" article of The Encyclopedia of Arda, as mentioned below).[1]

Timeline[]

The Fourth Age (in the reckoning of Gondor) began on year 1422 of the Shire Reckoning. The Fourth Age dates can be calculated by subtracting 1421 from the dates in the Shire Reckoning, or 1420 in some cases, since the Fourth Age began on March 25. This website lists some Fourth Age dates in the FO format, as in FO 1 (as opposed to FA, which is sometimes used for the First Age).

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Vierde Era
Albanian Epoka e Katërt
Amharic አራተኛ እድሜ
Arabic العصر الرابع
Armenian չորրորդ Տարիք
Azerbaijani Dördüncü Dövr
Basque Laugarren Aroa
Belarusian Cyrillic Чацвёртая эпоха
Bengali চতুর্থ যুগ
Bosnian Četvrto doba
Bulgarian Cyrillic Четвърта Епоха
Cambodian អាយុទីបួន
Catalan Quarta Edat
Cebuano Ikaupat nga Edad
Chinese 第四紀元
Cornish Ooj-Pajwora ?
Croatian Četvrto doba
Czech Čtvrtý věk
Danish Fjerde Tidsalder
Dutch Vierde Era
Esperanto Kvara Aĝo
Estonian Neljas Ajastu
Filipino Ikaapat na Edad
Finnish Neljäs Aika
French Quatrième Âge
Galician Cuarta Idade
Georgian მეოთხე ეპოქა
German Viertes Zeitalter
Greek Τέταρτη Εποχή
Gujarati ચોથી ઉંમર
Hebrew העידן הרביעי
Hindi चौथा आयु
Hmong Plaub hnub nyoog
Hungarian Negyedkor
Icelandic Fjórða Öldin
Indonesian Tahun ke-empat
Irish Gaelic Ceathrú Aois
Italian Quarta Era
Japanese 第四紀
Kannada ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ವಯಸ್ಸು
Kazakh Төртінші жасы (Cyrillic) Törtinşi jası (Latin)
Korean 제 4 시대
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Төртүнчү жашы
Latin Quartum Aetate
Latvian Ceturtā vecuma
Lithuanian Ketvirtas Amžius
Luxembourgish Véierten Alter
Macedonian Cyrillic Четврто Години
Malagasy Taona Fahaefatra
Malaysian keempat Umur
Maltese Ir-raba 'età
Manx Eash Kiarroo
Marathi चौथ्या वय
Mongolian Cyrillic Дөрөв дэх эрин
Nepalese चौथो युग
Norwegian Fjerde tideverv
Pashto څلورم عمر
Persian دوران چهارم
Polish Czwarta Era
Portuguese Quarta Era
Punjabi ਚੌਥਾ ਉਮਰ
Romanian Patrulea Ev
Romansh temps Quart
Russian Четвёртая Эпоха
Scottish Gaelic An Ceathramh Aois
Sindhi چوٿين هاڻوڪو
Sinhalese හතරවන වයස
Slovak Štvrtý vek
Slovenian Četrta doba
Somalian Da'da Afaraad
Spanish Cuarta Edad
Sundanese Kaopat Jaman
Swahili Umri wa Nne
Swedish Fjärde åldern
Tajik Cyrillic Синну чорум
Tamil நான்காம் வயது
Telugu ఫోర్త్ వయసు
Thai ยุคที่สี่แห่งอาร์ดา
Turkish Dördüncü Çağ
Urdu چوتھا عمر
Ukrainian Cyrillic Четверта Епоха
Uzbek Тўртинчи давр (Cyrillic) To'rtinchi davr (Latin)
Vietnamese Kỷ nguyên thứ tư
Welsh Y Pedwerydd Oes
Yiddish פערט עלטער

References[]

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