Third Age

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age of Middle-earth fictional historical era

The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Third Age canonical	208
Late Third Age	6
Early Third Age	2
Third Age of Middle-earth	2
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age	1
The Third Age	1
Third Age (approximate, in-universe)	1
Third Age (arrival in Middle-earth)	1
Third Age (narrative timeframe)	1
Third Age (remnant populations)	1
Third Age 1409	1
War of the Ring era	1
set in Third Age of Middle-earth	1
the Third Age	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Third Age
Context triple: [Middle-earth, hasAge, Third Age]

A. Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
B. First Age
The First Age is the earliest great era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the wars against Morgoth and the heroic tales recounted in The Silmarillion.
C. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a nostalgic collection of semi-autobiographical childhood essays by British author Kenneth Grahame, celebrating the imaginative inner world of children in a Victorian setting.
D. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is the original title of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazine that was later renamed Awake!.
E. War of the Ring
The War of the Ring is the climactic conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, centered on the struggle to destroy the One Ring and defeat Sauron.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Third Age
Target entity description: The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.

A. Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
B. First Age
The First Age is the earliest great era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the wars against Morgoth and the heroic tales recounted in The Silmarillion.
C. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is the original title of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazine that was later renamed Awake!.
D. The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a nostalgic collection of semi-autobiographical childhood essays by British author Kenneth Grahame, celebrating the imaginative inner world of children in a Victorian setting.
E. War of the Ring
The War of the Ring is the climactic conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, centered on the struggle to destroy the One Ring and defeat Sauron.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	age of Middle-earth ⓘ fictional historical era ⓘ
appearsIn	The History of Middle-earth ⓘ The Hobbit ⓘ The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ
approximateDuration	3021 years ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
culturalShift	decline of Númenórean bloodlines ⓘ fading of the Elven realms ⓘ rise of the kingdoms of Men ⓘ
endEvent	beginning of the Dominion of Men ⓘ coronation of Aragorn II Elessar ⓘ departure of the Ring-bearers from Middle-earth ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ final downfall of Sauron ⓘ
endsWith	start of the Fourth Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
follows	Second Age ⓘ
governedBy	Realms of Arnor and Gondor ⓘ Stewards of Gondor ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Dwarves ⓘ Elves ⓘ Hobbits ⓘ Men ⓘ Orcs ⓘ
languageContext	Sindarin still used by Elves ⓘ Westron widely spoken ⓘ linked to: Westron
majorConflict	Angmar War ⓘ War of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ War of the Ring ⓘ War of the Ring in the North ⓘ
majorEvent	Battle of the Morannon ⓘ Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ Bilbo Baggins finds the One Ring ⓘ Council of Elrond ⓘ Kin-strife in Gondor ⓘ Scouring of the Shire ⓘ White Council drives Sauron from Dol Guldur ⓘ White Council formed ⓘ division of Arnor into Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur ⓘ founding of Arnor ⓘ founding of Gondor ⓘ plague of T.A. 1636 ⓘ return of Sauron to Dol Guldur ⓘ rise and fall of Angmar ⓘ
notableLocation	Dol Guldur ⓘ Gondor ⓘ Isengard ⓘ Lothlórien ⓘ Mordor ⓘ Moria ⓘ Rivendell ⓘ Rohan ⓘ The Shire ⓘ
notableTheme	decline of magic in Middle-earth ⓘ rise and fall of Sauron ⓘ transition from Elder Days to the Age of Men ⓘ waning of the Elves ⓘ
partOf	history of Middle-earth ⓘ linked to: The History of Middle-earth
precedes	Fourth Age ⓘ
settingFor	Quest of the Ring ⓘ linked to: War of the Ring The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ linked to: Fellowship of the Ring The Return of the King ⓘ linked to: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Two Towers ⓘ linked to: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers War of the Ring ⓘ
startEvent	Isildur taking the One Ring from Sauron ⓘ first defeat of Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth → hasAge → Third Age ⓘ

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → chronology → set in Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

The Silmarillion → containsWork → Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

Unfinished Tales → mainTheme → Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

Faramir → chronologicalEra → Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

Minas Tirith → renamedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Erebor → foundedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Sauron → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Dwarves of Erebor → foundingAge → Third Age ⓘ

Istari → timeOfArrival → Third Age ⓘ

House of Isildur → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Rivendell → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Woodland Realm → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Gondor → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Angmar → foundedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Angmar → dissolvedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Belegaer → era → Third Age ⓘ

Misty Mountains → eraOfExistence → Third Age ⓘ

Hobbiton → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Gladden Fields → timeOfMainEvents → Early Third Age ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

Déagol → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Eriador → age → Third Age ⓘ

Dwarves → eraActive → Third Age ⓘ

Edoras → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Moria → timePeriodOfDecline → Third Age ⓘ

Bagshot Row → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Fourth Age → follows → Third Age ⓘ

Osgiliath → timeAsCapital → Early Third Age ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

Fellowship of the Ring → formedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Lothlórien → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Took family → chronologicalEra → Third Age ⓘ

subject linked to: The Took family

Balin → era → Third Age ⓘ

Spiders of Mirkwood → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

King in Exile → timePeriodInFiction → Third Age ⓘ

House of Durin → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Dale → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Order of Wizards → timeOfArrival → Third Age ⓘ

White Council → formedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Dunlendings → timePeriodFictional → Third Age ⓘ

legendarium of Middle-earth → hasPart → The Third Age ⓘ

linked to: Third Age

Retreat from Osgiliath → setIn → Third Age ⓘ

Anórien → era → Third Age ⓘ

White Tree of Gondor → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Rammas Echor → era → Third Age ⓘ

Throne Room of the Kings → eraWithinLegendarium → Third Age ⓘ

Easterlings → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Sammath Naur → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Rhûn → timePeriod → Third Age ⓘ

Ecthelion II → diedInAge → Third Age ⓘ

Théodwyn → age → Third Age ⓘ

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