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| | Introduction to the Chronology of Middle Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | There are eight subdivisions which represent the various eras: The Creation of Ea, The Shaping of Arda, Years of the Trees, Years of the Sun: The First Age, The Second Age, The Third Age, The Fourth Age and the Modern Age. |
 | | Those works which are not authored by J. Tolkien have the author's name, year of publication and publisher information written in parentheses under the title. |
 | | and are wanting more, this timeline may prove a helpful means of discovering what is available and in what proper chronological sequence to follow it. |
| www.timelineuniverse.net /MiddleEarth/Prologue.htm (1530 words) |
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