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shows major events of Tolkien's fictional world of middle earth during the w:Third Age. based on Chris Guerette's GNU-licensed map of middle earth on wikipedia [1]

██ Free peoples of middle-earth

██ Sauron, witch-king, Saruman and other enemies

[edit] Events depicted

• expansion of Angmar which led to the destruction of Arnor
• Great Plague which devastated Rhovanion and Enedwaith
• Rise of power of Sauron in Dol Guldur
• Saruman establishing fortress in Isengard
• Mordor allies with men of Harad and Rhun
• Saruman overruns Rohan
• Isengard defeated by Rohan and ents
• Mordor attacks Minas Tirith, Lorien, Mirkwood elves and Erebor
• Mordor defeated
• Saruman escapes to The Shire, where the last battle of the war of the ring is fought