Posted: February 08, 2000 at 01:11:25: by Michael Martinez
: : The Middle-earth of THE LORD OF THE RINGS is an ancient time
: : when knowledge was fading and younger tribes of Men were
: : becoming more widespread. Gunpowder and machinery DO exist,
: : but they are utilized by Saruman and Sauron against the West,
: : and the secrets of their making either died with Saruman or
: : Sauron or else Aragorn and his allies wanted no part of them.
: : So eventually the world declined into a blissful ignorance
: : from which Men had to slowly rise again.: And what were the fireworks popular in the Shire and elsewhere
: made out of? Good question. But Gandalf appears to have made them all.
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