Fourth Age

The Fourth Age was the time period that followed the Third Age and the War of the Ring. It was a time of peace, and was also known as the "Age of Men".
== History ==
The Fourth Age began once Sauron was vanquished and the One Ring destroyed. The Shire and the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor were restored. It marked the ascent of Men and the final diminishing of the Elves. Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Bilbo and Frodo sailed for the Undying Lands, as had most Elves on Middle-earth.
The allies of Sauron were greatly diminished. Harad was defeated and concluded a peace with King Aragorn II Elessar, by which Umbar, whose fleet had been completely destroyed in the mouths of the Anduin, was returned to Gondor, with South Gondor and the eastern territories also annexed. The Easterlings of Rhûn also suffered a terrible defeat as their Orc allies fled in terror from the Battle of the Black Gate. However, King Elessar and his allies such as King Éomer of Rohan on occasion warred with their enemies, fighting in the east and south to bring security to their kingdoms. King Elessar died in FO 120 and was succeeded by his son Eldarion who ruled until about FO 220. Of the kings of the Reunited Kingdom after him, nothing is known.
== Behind the scenes ==
J.R.R. Tolkien said that he thought the distance between the end of the Third Age and the 20th century A.D. was about 6000 years, and that 1958 should have been around the end of the Fifth Age if the Fourth and Fifth Ages were about the same length as the Second and Third Ages. He said, however, in a letter written in 1958 that he believed the Ages had quickened and that it was about the end of the Sixth Age or beginning of the Seventh (this letter is referred to in the "Fourth Age" article of The Encyclopedia of Arda, as mentioned below)., Appendix B
== Timeline ==
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Vierde Era
Albanian 	Epoka e Katërt
Amharic 	አራተኛ እድሜ
Arabic 	العصر الرابع
Armenian 	չորրորդ Տարիք
Azerbaijani 	Dördüncü Dövr
Basque 	Laugarren Aroa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Чацвёртая эпоха
Bengali 	চতুর্থ যুগ
Bosnian 	Četvrto doba
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Четвърта Епоха
Cambodian 	អាយុទីបួន
Catalan 	Quarta Edat
Cebuano 	Ikaupat nga Edad
Chinese 	第四紀元
Cornish 	Ooj-Pajwora ?
Croatian 	Četvrto doba
Czech 	Čtvrtý věk
Danish 	Fjerde Tidsalder
Dutch 	Vierde Era
Esperanto 	Kvara Aĝo
Estonian 	Neljas Ajastu
Filipino 	Ikaapat na Edad
Finnish 	Neljäs Aika
French 	Quatrième Âge
Galician 	Cuarta Idade
Georgian 	მეოთხე ეპოქა
German 	Viertes Zeitalter
Greek 	Τέταρτη Εποχή
Gujarati 	ચોથી ઉંમર
Hebrew 	העידן הרביעי
Hindi 	चौथा आयु
Hmong 	Plaub hnub nyoog
Hungarian 	Negyedkor
Icelandic 	Fjórða Öldin
Indonesian 	Tahun ke-empat
Irish Gaelic 	Ceathrú Aois
Italian 	Quarta Era
Japanese 	第四紀
Kannada 	ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ವಯಸ್ಸು
Kazakh 	Төртінші жасы (Cyrillic) Törtinşi jası (Latin)
Korean 	제 4 시대
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Төртүнчү жашы
Latin 	Quartum Aetate
Latvian 	Ceturtā vecuma
Lithuanian 	Ketvirtas Amžius
Luxembourgish 	Véierten Alter
Macedonian Cyrillic	Четврто Години
Malagasy 	Taona Fahaefatra
Malaysian 	keempat Umur
Maltese 	Ir-raba 'età
Manx 	Eash Kiarroo
Marathi 	चौथ्या वय
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дөрөв дэх эрин
Nepalese 	चौथो युग
Norwegian 	Fjerde tideverv
Pashto 	څلورم عمر
Persian 	دوران چهارم
Polish 	Czwarta Era
Portuguese 	Quarta Era
Punjabi 	ਚੌਥਾ ਉਮਰ
Romanian 	Patrulea Ev
Romansh 	temps Quart
Russian 	Четвёртая Эпоха
Scottish Gaelic 	An Ceathramh Aois
Sindhi 	چوٿين هاڻوڪو
Sinhalese 	හතරවන වයස
Slovak 	Štvrtý vek
Slovenian 	Četrta doba
Somalian 	Da'da Afaraad
Spanish 	Cuarta Edad
Sundanese 	Kaopat Jaman
Swahili 	Umri wa Nne
Swedish 	Fjärde åldern
Tajik Cyrillic 	Синну чорум
Tamil 	நான்காம் வயது
Telugu 	ఫోర్త్ వయసు
Thai 	ยุคที่สี่แห่งอาร์ดา
Turkish 	Dördüncü Çağ
Urdu 	چوتھا عمر
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Четверта Епоха
Uzbek 	Тўртинчи давр (Cyrillic) To'rtinchi davr (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Kỷ nguyên thứ tư
Welsh 	Y Pedwerydd Oes
Yiddish 	פערט עלטער
== References ==
Category:Eras
 
Category:Time
Category:Years of the Sun
de:Viertes Zeitalter
es:Cuarta Edad del Sol
fr:Quatrième Âge
it:Quarta Era
pl:Czwarta Era
ru:Четвёртая Эпоха