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shows Tolkien's fictional kingdom of Gondor. Based on Chris Guerette's gnu map of middle earth on wikipedia [1]
██ Gondor from founding at the end of the Second Age through the Third Age
██ rebels during the Kin-strife who founded the breakaway country of Umbar
██ Rohan, previously the province of Calenardhon
██ Reunited Kingdom in the Fourth Age
Some areas are approximations such as Gondor's control in Rhovanion and area nominally under Gondor's control in the north-west which are not specified exactly. See Appendix A (iv) "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion" in Return of the King for more information.
[edit] Stages depicted
- founding of Gondor consisting of land around Minas Anor, Osgiliath and Minas Ithil
- Gondor expanded east from Romendacil and west and south from the mouths of anduin by Tarannon.
- Gondor at the maximum extent c. 1050 T.A. under the reign of Hyarmendacil
- c.1300 Gondor attacked by easterlings, cedes land to men in Rhovanion (exact border unclear)
- Kin strife with Eldacar in the north and Castamir in the south
- 1448 Castamir and the rebels escape Pelargir and capture Umbar
- loss of land because of the Great Plague (1636)
- Umbar re-taken 1810 by Telumehtar Umbardacil
- Gondor loses territories in the east 1856
- Nazgul capture Minas Ithil 2002
- Calenardon (Rohan) given to Eorl the Young (Rohirrim). (Isengard is still part of Gondor - blue dot)
- The time of the events in The Lord of the Rings - 3018. Ithilien has been deserted
- The re-united kingdom in the fourth age
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