LOTR: The 3 Great Time Periods of Arda, Explained

J. R. R. Tolkien provided fans of his work with all the details they could need. From the moment the deities created the world to every troop movement in the war, Tolkien is comprehensive in his storytelling. The planet that holds Middle-earth is called Arda, and though it’s canonically a prehistoric Earth, its creation myth is well documented. The time before the narrative’s events is broken into three great eras.