The Middle Earth

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Vigier

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kipdotcom

4 months ago

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akshayrajp

4 months ago

It is reachable, however it is pay-walled.

You can access the full article here: https://archive.ph/xh9hu

andylynch

4 months ago

This historic meaning is also the sense of ‘Middle Earth’ in the Tolkien books; for instance The Lord of the Rings is notionally a retelling of the end of the third age in our world long ago, with now being the sixth or seven age.

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