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Re: The Bridge of Khazad-dum
First:
Mithadan; your quote isn't even relevant to Moria. It's concerning Gundabad and the surrounding area in the First Age when the alliance with the northmen began, not Khazad-dum, and certainly not about the Third Age.
Second:
The great road is from the First and early part of the Second Ages.
Third:
There seems to be some confusion about the ability to grow crops inside Moria.
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Quote:<hr> J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring
'There used to be great windows on the mountain-side, and shafts leading out to the light in the upper reaches of the mines.'
'And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendor.'<hr></blockquote>
So unless you believe that it's impossible to grow crops indoors with a plentiful light source...
The eastern end was the habitable section.
The west gate wasn't constructed until the Second Age.
The dwarves simply preferred not to consider agriculture (in the First Age and early Second) not that they couldn't or didn't.
Moria's gates were shut. Both ends.
Anyone ever remember 'We cannot get out'?
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