Third Age

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{{History of Arda}}
The '''Third Age''', often abbreviated to '''T.A.''', 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 rise and decline of the exiled Númenorean kingdoms, the slow recovery of Sauron's power, and, also known as the '''Fading Years''', the waning of the [[Elves]].

It lasted for 3021 years, until Sauron was again defeated, this time finally, when his [[The One Ring|Ruling Ring]] was destroyed. When [[Elrond]] and the [[Three Rings]] left Middle-earth for the [[Valinor|Uttermost West]], the [[Fourth Age]] began.
==Major events of the Third Age==
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! style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center" |Military<ref group=note>Only wars and isolated battles are mentioned as events; for battles being part of larger campaigns, look the campaigns' respective articles</ref>
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!|1st millennium
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*[[Battle of the Gladden Fields]] (2)
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*Division of [[Arnor]] (861)
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*Arrival of the [[Wizards]] (c. 1000)
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!|2nd millennium
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*[[Angmar War]] (1409-1974)
*[[Kin-strife]] (1442)
*[[Corsair Wars]] (1447-3019
*[[Wainrider/Balchoth War]] (1851-2510)
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*Founding of the [[Shire]] (1600)
*Dissolution of Arnor (1974)
*Evacuation of [[Moria]] (1981)
*[[Thráin I]] establishes the Kingdom of [[Erebor]] (1999)
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*[[Great Plague]] (1635)
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!|3rd millennium
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*Fall of [[Minas Ithil]] (2002)
*[[Uruk-hai attack on Osgiliath]] (2475)
*[[War of the Dwarves and Dragons]] (2570-2589)
*[[Battle of Greenfields]] (2747)
*[[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] (2793)
*[[Attack on Dol Guldur]] (2941)
*[[Battle of Five Armies]] (2941)
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*Death of [[Earnur]] and end of Kingship of [[Gondor]] (2050)
*[[Oath of Cirion|Founding]] of [[Rohan]] (2510)
*[[Thrór]] re-establishes Erebor (2590)
*[[Saruman]] occupies [[Orthanc]] (2759)
*[[Sack of Erebor]] (2770)
*Dwarves establish [[Thorin's Halls]] (2802)
*Restoration of [[Kingdom Under the Mountain|Erebor]] (2941)
*Establishent of the [[Kingdom of Dale]] (2944)
*[[Balin's Colony]] of Moria (2989-2994)
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*[[Watchful Peace]] (2063)
*The [[One Ring]] is found (c. 2463)
*[[Long Winter]] (2758)
*[[Fell Winter (Third Age)]] (2911)
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!|4th millennium
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*[[War of the Ring]] (3018-3019)
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*Return of the King and the [[Reunited Kingdom]] (3019)
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*[[Quest for Mount Doom]] (3018-3019)
*Departure of the [[White Ship]] and end of the Third Age (3021)
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== See Also ==
* [[Timeline]]
* [[Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age]]
{{references|notes}}
[[Category:Ages]]
[[de:Drittes Zeitalter]]
[[fr:encyclo/chronologie/troisieme_age]]

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