Changing of the World

The Changing of the World was a catastrophic event in the late Second Age when, by Ilúvatar's will, the whole form of Arda was changed from a flat world, as it had been for many millennia before, to a round one, during the Downfall of Númenor.
==History==
After Ar-Pharazôn broke the Ban of the Valar by sending an army to Aman to conquer the Valar and obtain immortality from them, the Valar laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon Eru Ilúvatar, who responded with this great cataclysm that forever changed the world.
Ar-Pharazôn's great fleet was sunk, and he and his soldiers were buried under mounds of falling earth, imprisoned in the Caves of the Forgotten until the end of the world. The great island of Númenor itself was destroyed and fell beneath the waves of the tumultuous sea, becoming "Atalantë" (The Downfallen). The land of Aman and the island of Tol Eressëa were removed from the Circles of the World forever, and could be reached only by Elves sailing west out of Middle-earth, following the Straight Road.
The world from then on was round as the seas and the lands bent back upon themselves. Afterwards, the mariners of mankind who attempted to sail westwards found only the New Lands, and eventually made their way back to where they started. This set the stage for the dominion of Men that would begin in earnest after the War of the Ring.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Verandering van die Wêreld
Albanian 	Transformimi i botës
Amharic 	የአለም ለውጥ
Arabic 	تحول العالم
Armenian 	Աշխարհի վերափոխումը
Azerbaijani 	Dünyanın Dəyişiklik
Basque 	Munduaren eraldaketa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ператварэнне свету
Bengali 	বিশ্বের রূপান্তর
Bosnian 	Transformacija svijeta
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Трансформация на света
Burmese 	ကမ္ဘာကြီး၏အသွင်ကူးပြောင်းမှု
Cambodian 	ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរពិភពលោក
Catalan 	Canvi del Món
Cebuano 	Kausaban sa Kalibutan
Corsican 	Cambiamentu di u mondu
Croatian 	Transformacija svijeta
Chinese 	世界的变化
Czech 	Transformace světa
Danish 	Verdens ændring
Dutch 	Verandering van de Wereld
Esperanto 	Ŝanĝo de la Mondo
Estonian 	Maailma muutus
Filipino 	Pagbabago ng Mundo
Finnish 	Maailman Muuttuminen
French 	Changement du Monde
Frisian 	Feroaring fan 'e wrâld (Western)
Galician 	Cambio do Mundo
German 	Wandlung der Welt
Greek 	Μεταμόρφωση του κόσμου
Gujarati 	વિશ્વનું પરિવર્તન
Hindi 	दुनिया का परिवर्तन
Hebrew 	טרנספורמציה של העולם
Hmong 	Kev Hloov ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb
Hungarian 	A világ átalakulása
Icelandic 	Heimsskipti
Indonesian 	Perubahan Dunia
Irish Gaelic 	Claochlú an Domhain
Italian 	Trasformazione del Mondo
Japanese 	世界の変容
Javanese 	Owah-owahan Donya
Kannada 	ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ
Kazakh 	Әлем трансформациясы (Cyrillic) Älem transformacïyası (Latin)
Konkani 	संवसारांतलें रुपांतर
Korean 	세계의 변화
Kurdish 	گۆڕانی جیهان (Sorani) Guhertina dinya (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дүйнөнүн трансформациясы
Laotian 	ການຫັນປ່ຽນຂອງໂລກ
Latin 	Mutatio mundi
Latvian 	Pasaules transformācija
Lithuanian 	Pasaulio transformacija
Luxembourgish 	Verännerung vun der Welt
Macedonian Cyrillic	Трансформација на светот
Malaysian 	Perubahan Dunia
Malayalam 	ലോകത്തിന്റെ മാറ്റം
Maltese 	Bidla ta 'l-dinja
Marathi 	जगाचे परिवर्तन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дэлхийн өөрчлөлт
Nepalese 	संसारको रूपान्तरण
Norwegian 	Verdensendring
Persian 	دگرگونی جهان
Polish 	Przemiana Świata
Portuguese 	Mudança do Mundo
Punjabi 	ਸੰਸਾਰ ਦੀ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ
Romanian 	Schimbarea din Lumii
Russian 	Трансформация мира
Sanskrit 	संसारस्य परिवर्तनम्
Serbian 	Трансформација света (Cyrillic) Transformacija sveta (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ලෝකයේ වෙනස්
Slovak 	Transformácia sveta
Slovenian 	Preobrazba sveta
Somali 	Isbedelka ee ah Aduunka
Spanish 	Cambio del Mundo
Swahili 	Mabadiliko ya Dunia
Swedish 	Världsförändring
Tajik Cyrillic 	Тағйирёбии ҷаҳон
Tamil 	உலகின் மாற்றம்
Telugu 	ప్రపంచ మార్పు
Thai 	การเปลี่ยนแปลงของโลก
Turkish 	Dünya'nın Değişimi
Turkmen 	Dünýäniň Üýtgemegi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Перетворення світу
Urdu 	دنیا کی تبدیلی
Uyghur 	دۇنيا ئۆزگىرىشى
Uzbek 	Дунёнинг ўзгариши (Cyrillic) Dunyoning o'zgarishi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Sự thay đổi của thế giới
Xhosa 	Utshintsho lwehlabathi
Yiddish 	טוישן פון דער וועלט
Yoruba 	Iyipada ti Agbaye
==References==
Category:Events
Category:Second Age
de:Wandlung der Welt
es:Cambio del Mundo
pl:Przemiana Świata