Lands of Men (Third Age) - Middle-earth Geography

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июн 2018
  • The lands of Men within Middle-earth during the Third Age shaped many of the events within Tolkien’s legendarium. There are many different places and kindreds that are found within these works, and I hope you enjoy this video about them all! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts about this video and the topic in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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Комментарии • 230

  • @lucam7042
    @lucam7042 6 лет назад +214

    I would love if you could do something like this for all the races of middle earth.

  • @narri214
    @narri214 6 лет назад +75

    woot-woot, three of my favorite topics, History, Geography, and Tolkien's Legendarium. Thanks for another great video!

  • @BlueGhostofSeaside
    @BlueGhostofSeaside 5 лет назад +37

    I really wish we had more info on Harad and Rhun. They seem so interesting, and the wars between them and Gondor unfortunately seemed one sided.
    Love the Dunlandings too! Their wars with Rohan were complex and I could see their side more than Rohan's! (Although I also love the Rohirrim. Rohan's probably my favorite kingdom of men!)
    Love Arnor too!

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад

      With if the Book of Westmarch is just Gondorian propaganda?

  • @KingGayCockroach
    @KingGayCockroach 6 лет назад +53

    Just got home from a long day out and getting around to sit down and relax and BAM an upload from my favorite creator. Thank you again!

  • @gobigblue6782
    @gobigblue6782 6 лет назад +22

    Just about to go to sleep, but not now until I watch this video. Top notch video, as usual, and so much context. Thanks for all you do for us each week.

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 6 лет назад +187

    Ah men. Weakest of the free peoples yet Eru's favorite

    • @ItJuM856
      @ItJuM856 6 лет назад +26

      Hasan Wilson how they weakest they are the most numerous and diverse of all people.
      All dragons were slain by men and men provide the bulk of the war effort.

    • @madambutterfly1997
      @madambutterfly1997 6 лет назад +20

      It'sJust Me when contending with the will of the Dark Lords men seem to get the hardest hit

    • @ItJuM856
      @ItJuM856 6 лет назад +12

      Hasan Wilson maybe because the are the biggest threat to the dark lords so they go after them the hardest

    • @madambutterfly1997
      @madambutterfly1997 6 лет назад +12

      It'sJust Me not to mention how easily corruptable they are compared to Dwarves, Elves and Hobbits

    • @spyrofrost9158
      @spyrofrost9158 6 лет назад +19

      Actually, It'sJust Me. If I remember correctly, all Dragons who were *named* were slain by men. Many unnamed Dragons were slain by dwarves. But I agree with you that humanity isn't weak. They're the most diverse and adaptable.

  • @justinwindham3420
    @justinwindham3420 6 лет назад +24

    Great video as always Yoystan! I enjoyed the music in this video.

  • @shanemccoy8107
    @shanemccoy8107 6 лет назад +9

    This is what I wait for on Sundays, good work Yoystan!

  • @apdarkness905
    @apdarkness905 6 лет назад +11

    Yet another factastic video here, I loved it, your description of the lands of Middle Earth were both informative and interesting, as to what my favorite land would be, I would have to say Rivendell aka Imladris or Merkwood as they are both dwelling places of the Elves and I, like Bilbo Baggins, have always liked elves a great deal.
    Once again you've done a brilliant job here as you always do, well done, well done indeed.

  • @sudhanvasapre5171
    @sudhanvasapre5171 6 лет назад +9

    Just the video to wake me up!!! Good morning/night to y'all!!

  • @GooseBurt
    @GooseBurt 6 лет назад +39

    So cool! Couldn’t wait for this notification all weekend.
    I had an idea for a future topic.
    Food in middle earth and the different eating habits of hobbits, elves, dwarves etc...

    • @ChaosToRule
      @ChaosToRule 6 лет назад +11

      So everything from "Butter scraped over too much bread", "Just tea, thank you" to "Ripe meat off the bone"

    • @tok3659
      @tok3659 6 лет назад +3

      Lembas bread too!

    • @ingwerschwensen8115
      @ingwerschwensen8115 5 лет назад +2

      GeorgiaWarBoy81 True, but a video about Middle Earth's economy of food, about agriculture, livestock, hunting, trade and so on that'd be a nice one.

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 4 года назад

      There's some cheese here! This wine has a fruity bouquet

  • @Shragh1
    @Shragh1 6 лет назад

    Hello, I recently discovered your channel and I cannot express how grateful I am for what you are doing and hopefully will continue to do for a long time. Every time when I want to escape to Middle Earth I watch your videos. Thank you!

  • @JohnRutherford205
    @JohnRutherford205 6 лет назад +5

    Great video Yoystan. Thank's for the good work!

  • @christopherrensch3637
    @christopherrensch3637 6 лет назад

    Your videos are so detailed and beautifully put together! I always enjoy your content!

  • @alejandroelizondo7078
    @alejandroelizondo7078 6 лет назад +28

    Awesome video!! Do one of beleriand!

  • @akshayshrim
    @akshayshrim 6 лет назад

    Fantastic yoystan!! Great vid as usual. Specially loved the visuals and music as well!! Do one with all the races in midgard

  • @chesterthewild8025
    @chesterthewild8025 6 лет назад +19

    Your vids are really good bro. It you and Geekzone I come to for great middle earth lore videos

    • @MenoftheWest
      @MenoftheWest  6 лет назад +4

      Josepiie Robinson Thanks man, I really appreciate it! Geekzone is really great!

  • @samueldrejby9058
    @samueldrejby9058 6 лет назад

    I love your videos and how they are built, i enjoy it a lot and it makes my day a little brighter and i am very greatful that you take your time and create these incredible videos and deepen our knowledge in the lore of the LOTR.

  • @thumbbringer7120
    @thumbbringer7120 6 лет назад

    That was great. I always enjoy looking over every map of middle Earth I can. It was nice to have the history alongside the visuals.

  • @benpilcher6798
    @benpilcher6798 6 лет назад +13

    Hey Yoyston great video! I think a video on how day to day life would be for the free peoples. Would be very interesting

  • @sarwanmagnificent5865
    @sarwanmagnificent5865 5 лет назад

    This is one of the best youtube video on Middle Earth. Keep it up.
    I would love to see some speculative videos from you.
    Examples: Economy &Taxation, Government & Administration, Military & Warfare, Culture & Civilisation, Arts & Architecture etc.

  • @nipnip2551
    @nipnip2551 6 лет назад +15

    I would love a history or theory video on the dead marshes

  • @chloelouisebotha2563
    @chloelouisebotha2563 6 лет назад

    I loved this video, as always❤
    You should definitely do a video on the Elven people(Vanyar, Noldor and Teleri) and their lands etc. If you haven't already done one

  • @lc5286
    @lc5286 6 лет назад

    Every week you make me Travel in Middle-earth and this is without prise.
    Thank you Yoystan, my friend

  • @Lego4LifeProductions
    @Lego4LifeProductions 6 лет назад

    Just found your channel, and I love it! I've been a fan of LOTR for a while, but I never got deep into the lore. Can't wait for more videos from you! :D

  • @brettporter7081
    @brettporter7081 5 лет назад +2

    Epic character history of Gandalf! From his arrival to his departure!

  • @kadika502
    @kadika502 6 лет назад

    wonderful video as usual Yoystan!

  • @notoriousdip5495
    @notoriousdip5495 6 лет назад +3

    loving your videos mate

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 6 лет назад

    What a fantastic video please do more in this geography series.

  • @mytmouse57
    @mytmouse57 Год назад

    Highly informative. Thanks!

  • @Taiko206
    @Taiko206 6 лет назад

    Excellent video as usuall. You really make Middle Earth come to life. If only i could visit it and see that it is exactly the way you describe it

  • @captainbrightmane
    @captainbrightmane 6 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the great video, I would love to see more of these. If you wish to continue these geographical videos, you might want to get yourself a copy of "The Atlas of Middle-Earth". It's full of maps accompanied by relevant descriptions etc.

  • @seabass09014
    @seabass09014 6 лет назад

    While I am a fan of Lotr, I have recently taken some time away from it to read other books, which has led me to forget quite a bit. But thanks to great channels and videos like this, I'm slowly getting back into Lotr. Keep up the good work!

  • @Trendle222
    @Trendle222 6 лет назад

    WOW so much information, I suggest everyone replay this a few times! Awesome work ! =))

  • @Transroboball
    @Transroboball 6 лет назад

    This is my bed time channel. Keep the vids coming.

  • @bacon81
    @bacon81 6 лет назад

    Excellent video as always! Thanks!

  • @user-sd7ri9fy4i
    @user-sd7ri9fy4i 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice work dude thanks

  • @pete8996
    @pete8996 6 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the upload 💚

  • @Pokemon4WoT
    @Pokemon4WoT 6 лет назад +63

    What is known about the lands east of Rhun and Mordor?

    • @JamesR1986
      @JamesR1986 6 лет назад +25

      It is thought to be the location Orocarni mountains and the eastern adjacent Wild Wood, where the elves were awoken, although that would have been so long ago and Arda is so volatile that it's basically speculation.

    • @hughgedney3393
      @hughgedney3393 5 лет назад +1

      @MallarRallam that's true

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 5 лет назад +25

      There were the lakes of Cuivuenen where Elves awoke and Hildoren where Men awoke. 4 houses of the Dwarves do live there. The Blue Wizards went east and never went home- Alatar's master was Oröme the Vala, who rode in these lands hunting evil beasts.
      There is a kine (like a large buffalo) called the Kine of Araw that lives south of the Sea of Rhun. Its horn is a prize for hunters, including Boromir's ancestor Voronwë who passed it down his line until it became the sign of the heir of the Steward, and then later cloven in two by the Uruk-hai.
      The wine country of Dorwinion is said to be on the southwest coast of the Sea of Rhun. The Sea itself is sighted by Frodo on the Seat of Seeing at Amon Hen.
      Tolkien purposely left the east unremarkable so that the mystery will remain.

  • @intergalactic99
    @intergalactic99 6 лет назад

    Iv'e learned a lot about middle earth from your videos! Well presented too. Would you consider doing a feature length episode?

  • @majorianus8055
    @majorianus8055 6 лет назад

    Awesome video! Hope you can make a video estimating the numbers of the population of the first age, second age, and third age. Thanks! Good luck as always!

  • @rodom303
    @rodom303 6 лет назад +1

    A feast for you my friend, it is well deserved being one of the last remaining lore masters. Your services are well received.

  • @PaxDeorum
    @PaxDeorum 6 лет назад

    Awesome video!!! Keep up the amazing work!!!

  • @melange6631
    @melange6631 6 лет назад +6

    damn dude i really enjoy your vids. Keep up the great work

  • @nemesis637
    @nemesis637 6 лет назад +1

    Very Good VIDEO! Improv much from 400 subscribers! Good job

  • @dracodawnstars8245
    @dracodawnstars8245 5 лет назад

    Loved this video! Love all your videos. You may have gotten this question before, but what made you want to do this?

  • @leontomalik5019
    @leontomalik5019 5 лет назад

    Thank you. Love your videos! :D

  • @tacticaldroidtx22
    @tacticaldroidtx22 5 лет назад +7

    A heartwarming message at the end but, I saw enough orcposting memes to know it is a bad idea.

  • @jacenstarheart6256
    @jacenstarheart6256 6 лет назад

    Excellent Video, Very Enjoyable and Entertaining, Enjoyed! 👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐💯

  • @matthewstevenson2928
    @matthewstevenson2928 6 лет назад +2

    Love it!!!!! Keep it up :)

  • @Jessicabakesandmakes
    @Jessicabakesandmakes 6 лет назад

    I love your videos. Thanks for making me a happy geek 🤓

  • @ianheins650
    @ianheins650 Год назад

    Nice work dude

  • @gracegrebel695
    @gracegrebel695 6 лет назад

    Interesting video...thank you for sharing it with us...

  • @breemcneedy6492
    @breemcneedy6492 6 лет назад

    As always, I loved the vid. May need to rewatch it! Can't wait for next weeks,
    Love from a Hobbit

  • @ahmeds9472
    @ahmeds9472 6 лет назад

    Thank u so much for making this video
    Didnt watch thr video yet but pretty sure it would be awesome
    Hoping that u will focus on this series
    Lastly, Can u do more of lore reviews?

  • @jbearmcdougall1646
    @jbearmcdougall1646 6 лет назад

    Great video my friend.... Love the channel..

  • @Firstsiny
    @Firstsiny 6 лет назад

    you deserve way more subscribers! and i still waiting for forts video ;)

  • @harrycook9041
    @harrycook9041 6 лет назад

    Definitely my favourite part of the legendarium is the geography! Thanks!

  • @simonritter570
    @simonritter570 4 года назад +14

    Great video as always! One question, do “half-trolls” really exist in the Legendarium or is it some kind of in-universe racist slur towards other men (given that the original quote reads “like half trolls?”) It’s a bit unclear.

  • @wellis3891
    @wellis3891 6 лет назад +5

    I’m watching this in class

  • @maarek71
    @maarek71 6 лет назад

    Forochel was one of my favorite areas in LOTRO. Beautiful landscape.

  • @micahdunwoody6555
    @micahdunwoody6555 6 лет назад

    I like how you informed us on the Hard and Rhun. I want more stuff with Easterlings, Haradrim, and Olíphaunts.

  • @AlexSoetekouwProductions
    @AlexSoetekouwProductions 6 лет назад +5

    I want a Farmer Maggot sequel.

  • @jubjub501st
    @jubjub501st 6 лет назад

    Nice mount and blade art

  • @dervy5935
    @dervy5935 6 лет назад

    Brilliant video :)

  • @statusfied7575
    @statusfied7575 4 года назад

    Love this so much

  • @invokesus
    @invokesus 6 лет назад

    Wonderful!

  • @zehaha111
    @zehaha111 5 лет назад +1

    Nice video. You forgot some groups though, like the Fisherfolk of Enedwaith, which are rumored in the Lore to be connected to the Clan Haleth from First Age. People who never travelled to Beleriand and who were in Conflict with the Numenoreans, when these landed on their shores and cleared their forest. You also forgot the Beornings and the Men of Mirkwood. I'm also pretty sure that Dorwinion was never a part of the North Men Kingdoms of Rhovanion, but Kindgom mostly glad in myths.

  • @timerover4633
    @timerover4633 Год назад +1

    I see that you use a couple of images from the Middle-Earth roleplaying game in your presentation. Also, did you make any use of Karen Wynn Fonstad's excellent "The Atlas of Middle Earth"? I have both editions of her work, plus having the pleasure to spend a lunch with her talking about her work and Middle Earth. I have found them quite valuable when used with both "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".

  • @design2drive
    @design2drive 5 лет назад

    Pls do fortresses like Dol Guldur and cities of middle earth, i so admire fortresses of middle earth.. how, who and why are they build and some events that take place there.. thank you for your effort to explain in so detail, i love your vids, namarie

  • @enriquerod3580
    @enriquerod3580 6 лет назад

    i loved it.i would like to know more about the battles of rohan,those that were not in the movies

  • @jubjub501st
    @jubjub501st 6 лет назад +1

    @Men of the West can you please do a video of the grey havens I would love to do know more about it

  • @lnwolf7563
    @lnwolf7563 6 лет назад +12

    Ah the Wainriders, they learned the same lesson the Orcs did, don't mess with the Dwarves!

    • @fernandogarcia3957
      @fernandogarcia3957 3 года назад

      In which part of Canon Middle Earth did the dwarves get to battle the Wainriders? I don´t remember any of it...

    • @lnwolf7563
      @lnwolf7563 3 года назад

      Fernando García Orza If I remember right it is mentioned in the appendix’s to the lord of the rings but I’m fairly certain I read it on The Encyclopedia of Arda. They would have the actual link to where Tolkien himself wrote it.

    • @lnwolf7563
      @lnwolf7563 3 года назад

      @hunter christensen Well I have to admit that I could have sworn I read it there, but I can not find it now myself. What I remember reading was that the Wainriders assaulted the Iron Hills, Once, and the dwarves drove them back rather handily. But like I said I can not find any mention of it now, so I guess either I remember wrong or it just isn't there, but I like to think thats how it would have happened if they ever did try to attack the dwarves.

  • @jacksoneflin6006
    @jacksoneflin6006 6 лет назад

    Good video. Consistently sad we don't have that many about everyone from the East and the South as people, not just antagonists. There's so much there to explore that we'll never really know.

  • @friendlyandroid
    @friendlyandroid 6 лет назад

    Great video.

  • @mikepeters8493
    @mikepeters8493 6 лет назад +2

    I'd love a video on the De-peopling of Eriador in the 3rd Age. Its seemingly so desolate of settlement by the time of The Hobbit that it seems ironic that Tolkien called the lands east of the Misty Mountains Wilderland. If the House of Elrond was the last Homely House, I feel like it would be more so when travelling East to West as opposed to West to East. What do you think Yoysten? Also, when Aragorn re-establlishes Arnor, what people did he re-establish it with other than the Breelanders?

  • @roygrutchfield5715
    @roygrutchfield5715 6 лет назад

    Thanks , interesting.

  • @YuliaHadassahK
    @YuliaHadassahK 6 лет назад

    Great series! I wonder if there's any way to learn more about the peoples within Middle Earth that are less known, about their tradition, culture, habits etc.?

  • @vmycode5142
    @vmycode5142 6 лет назад +2

    good video :D

  • @kid.d.anubis2211
    @kid.d.anubis2211 6 лет назад +2

    Ur on d rite track wit Dis more PlZ. 🔥

  • @hobbyist1001
    @hobbyist1001 6 лет назад

    Been here since 20K subscribers !

  • @dorfbach1119
    @dorfbach1119 6 лет назад

    awesome video, as always .... could u a land of elves ? plz :)

  • @vikashkumarnunkoo7410
    @vikashkumarnunkoo7410 6 лет назад

    Thanks for your amazing videos. Do you play Lotro?

  • @marionbaggins
    @marionbaggins 6 лет назад +3

    Gondor, because of the Beacons!!!
    Powerful message at the end there, Mellon!!!
    Until...Oh Yes, My Suggested Video!!!
    Sorry, Until The Children of Hurin...Marion Baggins Out!!!

  • @tenhirankei
    @tenhirankei 5 лет назад

    Will you make a video covering the languages of Middle Earth? Though that would require a video for each separate one - e.g. Sindarin, Quenya and any other Elven not done together.

  • @andrewubelhor8139
    @andrewubelhor8139 4 года назад

    I LOVE Your commentaries and insights. But the battle at Helms Deep was called the Battle of the Hornburg

  • @melkorvlogs6979
    @melkorvlogs6979 6 лет назад

    Eeek, love the video 💕 hope you're doing well

  • @oskartengberg8792
    @oskartengberg8792 5 лет назад

    The speech in the end reminds me of the lyrics in Imagine.

  • @grethavanderlaan1315
    @grethavanderlaan1315 3 года назад

    How do you get all of these amazing images?

  • @luukje777
    @luukje777 4 года назад

    Could you do a video on the ruins one sees while watching the lord of the rings films? Mostly curious what you think of Ost-in-Edhil, which we might see on the road between Rivendel and the mountain pass of Caradhras.

  • @Integer_Overload
    @Integer_Overload 6 лет назад +6

    Third?!
    Am I noticed by HIM?

  • @openalpha01
    @openalpha01 6 лет назад

    Would be cool if you also did a geography of Beleriand and Aman.

  • @MrWeezy312
    @MrWeezy312 6 лет назад

    You should do one about elves and orcs in the third and early fourth age.

  • @akula3094
    @akula3094 6 лет назад

    Hey you should do the staffs of the wizards for an artifact spotlight

  • @andrewskerritt667
    @andrewskerritt667 3 года назад +1

    Are their any more settlements in rhovanion, are any of the old principalities still around?

  • @WanderingRoe
    @WanderingRoe 5 лет назад

    I actually think Men are one of the most interesting races in Middle-Earth simply for their variety - unlike the other races, they don't fit into any single category (or it could be said that they fit into every category.) Never a dull moment with 'em. Love the video!

  • @manavpatel2591
    @manavpatel2591 3 года назад

    Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken!

  • @budscroggins2632
    @budscroggins2632 5 лет назад

    I agreewith you and suspect Utummno was just east of the Helcaraxe exit

  • @todorminchev2123
    @todorminchev2123 5 лет назад

    what can you tell about the clansmen of lamedon i learned about them from games workshop but i cannot seem to find anything . They seem to have a similar trait as highlanders , and if not mistaken they live near the mountains of Rohan

  • @lpeh6143
    @lpeh6143 6 лет назад

    Can you make a Q and A like:What is your favourite faction and something like that.