Historical Failures 2

In case you're wondering: J. R. R. Tolkien stated at various points throughout his works and writings that he considered Middle-Earth a distant past version of earth; the most concrete time he gave for it was 'about 6000 years ago', also mentioning that we are currently at about the end of the Fifth Age (if the Fourth and Fifth Ages were about as long as the Third). Hence, 4000 B.C. is the approximate time the Lord of the Rings takes place, while the Hobbit would fall around 4060 B.C. It's interesting to note that this is about the same time as the Biblical creation, especially since one of Tolkien's best friends, C. S. Lewis, was a notable Biblical allegorical writer; Tolkien, however, often stated that he detested the suggestion that his books were in any way a kind of allegory, especially one of the events leading up to, during, or directly following World Wars I and/or II. It's quite an interesting rabbit hole if you ask me.