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Shade of Carn Dûm
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Whoa!
Scary math! I suppose Tolkien was a lore-master, not a mathematician though. When he figured out how impossible it was to feed everyone he probably made up his mind that Moria was to be deserted. <img src=wink.gif ALT="
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Although the same could be said for Erebor. How are you suppose to support a similar sized (alliteration <img src=tongue.gif ALT=":b"> ) dwarven community by wheeling wagon-loads of food through a front gate that has a river running out from it? I think. Or I have my ME Geo wrong.
For me it is easier to imagine massive dwarven greenhouses on the top of Caradhras where they grow millions of mushrooms. The Mountain Mushroom Farms. <img src=biggrin.gif ALT="
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