Well, they seemed to be a bit more technologically advanced in the Shire, since they had clocks...and mantlepieces to put them on.
Actually, while most of Middle-Earth seems to be reflective of the Middle-Ages, the Shire feels at times more like 18th or 19th century rural Europe, England specifically.
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