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The categorisation of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. [1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. These can be divided broadly into prehistorical periods and historical periods (when written records began to be kept).
Middle-earth is the setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy. The term is equivalent to the Miðgarðr of Norse mythology and Middangeard in Old English works, including Beowulf. Middle-earth is the oecumene (i.e. the human-inhabited world, or the central continent of Earth) in Tolkien's imagined mythological past.
Tolkien meant Arda to be "our own green and solid Earth", seen here in the Baltistan mountains, "at some quite remote epoch in the past". [1]In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of Arda, also called the history of Middle-earth, [a] began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the fictional universe.
Timeline of territorial changes during the Three Kingdoms period.. This is a timeline of the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of Chinese history.In a strict academic sense, the Three Kingdoms period refers to the interval between the founding of the state of Cao Wei (220–266) in 220 and the conquest of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280) by the Western Jin dynasty (265–316) in 280.
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The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books published between 1983 and 1996 by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and by Houghton Mifflin in the US. They collect and analyse much of J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium , compiled and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien .
The Assyrian kings controlled a large kingdom at three different times in history. These are called the Old, Middle, and Neo-Assyrian kingdoms, or periods. [13] The most powerful and best-known nation of these periods is the Neo-Assyrian Empire, 934–609 BC. [16]
Middle Bronze Age. Amorite Kingdom (c. 2000 BC–1595 BC) Kingdom of Assyria (c. 2000 BC–605 BC) Kingdom of Larsa (1961 BC–1674 BC) Babylonia (1830 BC–732 BC) Mycenaean (c. 1900 BC–c. 1100 BC) East Asian Bronze Age. Gojoseon Kingdom (2333 BC–108 BC) Xia Kingdom (2070 BC–1600 BC) Shang Kingdom (c. 1600–1046 BC) Late Bronze Age