![]() Some fans have speculated that this land may have become the southern portion of the New Lands at the end of the Second Age (the Burnt Land of the Sun being the northern portion). However, the continent directly south of Gondor where Harad was located (possibly corresponding with the Sahara Desert, as they are similar in position) is closer in shape to Africa, as well as being the proper distance away from northwest Middle-earth (if northwest Middle-earth is taken to be Europe and Rhûn is taken to be Asia).Īs seen in the Ambarkanta, Dark Land occupies a position in Arda much like Antarctica and Australia do compared to Eurasia, if Antarctica and Australia were one landmass. It is possible that Tolkien was inspired by this also, he was born in South Africa. In the game Middle Earth Role Play by Iron Crown Enterprises, a Quenya name for the Dark Land, Mórenorë ("Dark Land"), was given, although it does not appear in any of Tolkien's writings the name Hyarmenor, "south-land" is given instead in Tolkien's works (as seen in The History of Middle-earth).īefore Africa was visited by people from Europe, it was known as the "Dark Land". In The Atlas of Middle-earth, Karen Wynn Fonstad interprets the continent as being covered by vast dense forests bordering much of its shorelines. If so, it is not known whether they established dwellings there. The Númenóreans might have visited it on their long eastward journeys. No habitations in the Dark Land were ever recorded. The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, and. ![]() This changed during the War, when the inland Sea of Ringil, originally landlocked and set in the mid-south of Middle-earth, grew in size and "became a great sea flowing north-eastward and joining by straits both the Western and Eastern Seas." This event split Middle-earth into two landmasses the landmass to the south and east of the former Sea of Ringil (which was also called the "East Sea" by Tolkien) was known as the Dark Land. The Atlas of Middle-earth is a superior cartographic reference book for Tolkiens writings, i.e. Tolkiens book The Lord of the Rings. ![]() They depict the north-western region of the fictional continent of Middle-earth.They were published in 19 by the American and British publishers of J. Originally, Middle-earth was one landmass, set between the western sea of Belegaer and the Eastern Sea. 'A Map of Middle-earth' is the name of two colour posters by different artists, Barbara Remington and Pauline Baynes. The Dark Land was created as a byproduct of the Battle of the Powers, in which the Valar overthrew Melkor in his original fortress of Utumno. ![]()
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