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***Mithadan*** · 10-25-2000, 08:06 AM

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Re: The Bridge of Khazad-dum

HoME 12, Peoples of Middle Earth, p. 302.

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> "There [in Eriador and Rhovanion] dealings between Men and the Longbeards must soon have begun. For the Longbeards, though the proudest of the seven kindreds, were also the wisest and most farseeing. Men held them in awe and were eager to learn from them; and the Longbeards were willing to use Men for their own purposes. Thus there grew up in those regions the economy, later characteristic of the dealings of Dwarves and Men (including Hobbits): Men became the chief providers of food, as herdsmen, shepards, and landtillers, which the Dwarves exchanged for work as builders, roadmakers, miners, and the makers of things of craft, from useful tools to weapons and arms and many other things of great cost and skill. <hr></blockquote>

The next page addresses the alliance of Dwarves and Men of the "House of Hador" who lived in the Anduin vale during the Second Age. The alliance was, first, for defense and, second, for trade.

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

10-25-2000, 08:06 AM	#11
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,393	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 267</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: The Bridge of Khazad-dum HoME 12, Peoples of Middle Earth, p. 302. <blockquote>*Quote:*<hr> "There [in Eriador and Rhovanion] dealings between Men and the Longbeards must soon have begun. For the Longbeards, though the proudest of the seven kindreds, were also the wisest and most farseeing. Men held them in awe and were eager to learn from them; and the Longbeards were willing to use Men for their own purposes. Thus there grew up in those regions the economy, later characteristic of the dealings of Dwarves and Men (including Hobbits): Men became the chief providers of food, as herdsmen, shepards, and landtillers, which the Dwarves exchanged for work as builders, roadmakers, miners, and the makers of things of craft, from useful tools to weapons and arms and many other things of great cost and skill. <hr></blockquote> The next page addresses the alliance of Dwarves and Men of the "House of Hador" who lived in the Anduin vale during the Second Age. The alliance was, first, for defense and, second, for trade. --Mithadan-- "The Silmarils with living light were kindled clear, and waxing bright shone like stars that in the North above the reek of earth leap forth." </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.