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The Fourth Age was the time period that followed the War of the Ring. It was an age of peace, and was also known as the "Age of Men".
History
The Fourth Age began after Sauron was vanquished and the One Ring was 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.
The allies of Sauron suffered a devastating blow that would take them centuries to recover, if they did at all. 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, and South Gondor also annexed. The Easterlings also suffered a terrible defeat as their Orc allies fled in terror from the Battle of the Black Gate. However, King Elessar, his descendants and allies such as King Éomer still on occasion warred with their enemies over land, particularly over the bitterly contested region of the Sea of Rhûn. 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.
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][2]
See also
Translations around the World
Translated name | |
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Afrikaans | Vierde Ouderdom |
Albanian | Mosha e katërt |
Amharic | አራተኛ እድሜ |
Arabic | العمر الرابعة |
Armenian | չորրորդ Տարիք |
Azerbaijani | Dördüncü Yaş |
Basque | Laugarren Aroa |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Чацвёртая Эпоха |
Bengali | চতুর্থ বয়স |
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 alder |
Dutch | Vierde Era |
Esperanto | Kvara Aĝo |
Estonian | Neljas vanus |
Fijian | IKava ni yabaki ? |
Filipino | Ikaapat na Edad |
Finnish | Neljäs Aika (kausi) |
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 | Negyedik kor |
Icelandic | Fjórða Öldin |
Indonesian | keempat Umur |
Irish Gaelic | Ceathrú Aois |
Italian | Quarta Era |
Japanese | 第四紀 |
Kannada | ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ವಯಸ್ಸು |
Kazakh Cyrillic | төртінші Жасы |
Korean | 넷째 나이 |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Төртүнчү жашы |
Latin | Quartum Aetate |
Latvian | Ceturtā vecuma |
Lithuanian | Ketvirta Amžius |
Luxembourgish | Véierten Alter |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Четврто Години |
Malagasy | Taona Fahaefatra |
Malay | keempat Umur |
Maltese | Ir-raba 'età |
Manx | eash Kiarroo |
Marathi | चौथ्या वय |
Mongolian Cyrillic | дөрөв дэх Нас |
Nepalese | चौथो आयु |
Norwegian | Fjerde tideverv |
Pashto | څلورم عمر |
Persian | دوران چهارم |
Polish | Czwarta Era |
Portuguese | Quarta Era |
Punjabi | ਚੌਥਾ ਉਮਰ |
Romanian | Vârsta patra |
Romansh | temps Quart |
Russian | Четвёртая Эпоха |
Scottish Gaelic | An Ceathramh Aois |
Sindhi | چوٿين عمر |
Sinhalese | හතරවන වයස |
Slovak | Štvrtý vek |
Slovenian | Četrta doba |
Somalian | Da'da Afaraad |
Spanish | Cuarta Edad |
Sudanese | 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 | четвертий століття |
Uzbek | Тўртинчидан Йош (Cyrillic) To'rtinchidan Yosh (Latin) |
Vietnamese | Tuổi thứ tư |
Welsh | Y Pedwerydd Oes |
Yiddish | פערט עלטער |
References
External link
- Fourth Age at the Encyclopedia of Arda