Dark Years - Revision history

Morgan at 21:23, 19 May 2012

2012-05-19T21:23:15Z

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	The '''Dark Years''' was a term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.		The '''Dark Years''' was a term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.
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−	== ~~See Also~~ ==	+	Other names of this period were the '''Accursed Years''', the '''Black Years''', the '''Days of Flight''', and probably also the '''Dark Days'''.<ref name=Foster>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' (1978), p. 82</ref>
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		+	==Controversy==
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		+	While Robert Foster claimed that the term 'Accursed Years' referred to the same period as the 'Dark Years',<ref name=Foster/> Mark Fisher has noted that the former is a "''term of uncertain meaning''" (it could also refer to the cursed [[Oathbreakers]], thus being a period roughly corresponding to the [[Third Age]]).<ref>{{webcite\|author=Mark Fisher\|articleurl=http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/a/accursedyears.html\|articlename=Accursed Years: The long years of Isildur's curse\|dated=\|website=[http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.asp Encyclopedia of Arda]\|accessed=19 May 2012}}</ref>
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	The '''Dark Years''' was a term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.		The '''Dark Years''' was a term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.

Tik at 21:45, 15 January 2008

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Fleela at 01:00, 15 June 2007

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	The '''Dark Years''' was a term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.		The '''Dark Years''' was a term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.

		+	== See Also ==
		+	*[[Accursed Years]]
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Dwarf Lord at 17:07, 10 September 2006

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Hyarion at 18:17, 27 August 2006

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Hyarion at 02:38, 21 June 2005

2005-06-21T02:38:05Z

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A term for the long years of hardship of the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. While [[Númenor]] flourished, the Men of Middle-earth endured trouble and war, and many of them turned to the worship of [[Sauron]] in this time. The Dark Years ended with the coming of [[Elendil]] and his sons near the end of the Second Age.