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Re: Whoa!
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Quote:<hr> But, with great effort and sacrifice, I think I have demonstrated that tens of thousands of Dwarves could have long (decades) held out with only the East Gate for provisioning.<hr></blockquote>I thought at first you were talking about your own great effort and sacrifice in coming up with those calculations! <img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol">
I'll just point out, too, that Sauron's forces invaded Eriador in 1695 and laid waste to Eregion in 1697, but then Sauron was driven out of Eriador in 1701. That means the West Gate only had to be closed for as little as four years and a maximum of six years. After that, the dwarves could have resumed whatever trade they could muster and/or farmed crops of their own in Eriador.
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Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000005>Mister Underhill</A> at: 2/15/01 12:36:00 pm