Third Age
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The Third Age began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Númenor.
This age was characterized by the waning of the Elves, the rise and decline of the exiled Númenorean kingdoms, and the slow recovery of Sauron's power.
It lasted for 3021 years, until Sauron was again defeated, this time finally, when his Ruling Ring was destroyed. When Elrond and the Three Rings left Middle-earth for the Uttermost West, the Fourth Age began.
Periods and events of the Third Age
- Great Plague (1635)
- Watchful Peace (2063)
- Long Winter
- Fell Winter (Third Age) (2911)
- Quest for Mount Doom
Conflicts
(Only wars and isolated battles are mentioned here; for battles being part of larger campaigns, look the campaigns' respective articles)
- Battle of the Gladden Fields (2)
- Angmar War (1409-1974)
- Kin-strife (1442)
- Corsair Wars (1447-3019
- Wainrider/Balchoth War (1851-2510)
- Uruk-hai attack on Osgiliath (2475)
- Battle of Greenfields (2747)
- War of the Dwarves and Dragons (2570-2589)
- Sack of Erebor (2770)
- War of the Dwarves and Orcs (2793)
- Attack on Dol Guldur (2941)
- Battle of Five Armies (2941)
- War of the Ring (3018)