Middle-earth

Middle-earth is where J.R.R. Tolkien set his fictional post-1937 stories. The name is a literal translation of the Old English term "Middangeard".

The history of Middle-earth covers a number of Ages:
 * "The Silmarillion" (1977) deals mainly with the First Age.
 * "The Hobbit" (1937) and "The Lord of the Rings" (1954-1955) deal exclusively with events towards the end of the Third Age and conclude at the dawn of the Fourth Age.