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Originally Posted by Rumil
As to the 'blank spaces' on the map, I've always thought they indicated lack of knowledge rather than lack of inhabitants, considering,
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Yes, but speaking specifically about Enedwaith and Minhiriath, I was not backing my thoughts by the fact that they are empty spaces but by what is said about them in LotR and in UT. And any larger Elven settlement down there would have been mentioned, I'm sure. The Elves were diminishing and leaving Middle-Earth, not spreading.
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