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The Peoples of Middle-earth is the twelfth volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien from the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien.
It is the last book of the series that Christopher Tolkien composed; it was followed in 2002, however, by The History of Middle-earth: Index.
The significant features of this volume are:
- The development of the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings as well as the development of the Akallabêth
- Some essays on various races of Middle-earth
- The New Shadow - An incomplete sequel (approximately 13 pages) to The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien quickly abandoned, set in the time of Eldarion, Aragorn's son
- Tal-Elmar - An incomplete story of Númenórean colonization of Middle-earth told from the point of view of the Wild Men
- A few snippets that did not befit other volumes of the series
- The inclusion of Anarië (Fingolfin's wife) and other characters excluded from later texts
Table of contents[]
- Part One: The Prologue and Appendices to The Lord of the Rings
- Part One, chapter 1: "The Prologue"
- Part One, chapter 2: "The Appendix on Languages"
- Part One, chapter 3: "The Family Trees"
- Part One, chapter 4: "The Calendars"
- Part One, chapter 5: "The History of the Akallabêth"
- Part One, chapter 6: "The Tale of Years of the Second Age"
- Part One, chapter 7: "The Heirs of Elendil"
- Part One, chapter 8: "The Tale of Years of the Third Age"
- Part One, chapter 9: "The Making of Appendix A"
- Part Two: Late Writings
- Part Two, chapter 10: "Of Dwarves and Men"
- Part Two, chapter 11: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- Part Two, chapter 12: "The Problem of Ros"
- Part Two, chapter 13: "Last Writings"
- Part Three: Teachings of Pengolod
- Part Three, chapter 14: "Dangweth Pengoloð"
- Part Three, chapter 15: "Of Lembas"
- Part Four: Unfinished Tales
- Part Four, chapter 16: "The New Shadow"
- Part Four, chapter 17: "Tal-Elmar"
- Index
| The History of Middle-earth (1983 - 2002) |
| The Book of Lost Tales Part One | The Book of Lost Tales Part Two | The Lays of Beleriand | The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals | The Lost Road and Other Writings | The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One | The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two | The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three | Sauron Defeated: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four | Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman | The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two | The Peoples of Middle-earth |The History of Middle-earth: Index |
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Die Volke van Midde-aarde |
| Albanian | Popujt të Toka e mesme |
| Arabic | شعوب الأرض الوسطى |
| Armenian | Ժողովուրդները Մերձավոր երկրի |
| Azerbaijani | Orta yerin Xalqlar |
| Basque | Erdi-lurra herrien |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Народы Сярэдняй зямлі |
| Bengali | মিডিল আর্থ এর পিপলস |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Народите на Средната земя |
| Burmese | အလယျပိုငျး-မြေကြီးပြည်သူ့ပါတီ |
| Catalan | Els pobles de la Terra Mitjana |
| Chinese | 中土世界的人民 |
| Corsican | U Paesani di Medio-terra |
| Croatian | Narodi međuzemlja |
| Czech | Národy Středozemě |
| Danish | Befolkningerne i Midgård |
| Dutch | De Volken van Midden-aarde |
| Esperanto | La Popoloj de Mez-Tero |
| Estonian | Rahvad Keskmaa |
| Finnish | Keski-maan kansat |
| French | Les Peuples de la Terre du Milieu |
| Frisian | De Folken fan Midden-ierde |
| Galician | Os Pobos da Terra-media |
| Georgian | შუახმელეთი ხალხი |
| German | Die Völker von Mittelerde |
| Greek | Οι Λαοί της Μέσης-γης |
| Haitian Creole | Pèp yo nan Mwayen-latè |
| Hebrew | עמי הארץ התיכונה |
| Hindi | मध्य पृथ्वी की पीपुल्स |
| Hungarian | Középfölde népei |
| Icelandic | Þjóðir á Miðgarði |
| Indonesian | Dunia Tengah Rakyat |
| Irish Gaelic | Beartaithe ag Pobail na Lár-domhain |
| Italian | I Popoli della Terra di Mezzo |
| Japanese | 中つ国の人民 |
| Javanese | Bangsa bumi tengah ? |
| Kannada | ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಪೀಪಲ್ಸ್ |
| Kazakh | Таяу жер халықтары (Cyrillic) Tayaw jer xalıqtarı (Latin) |
| Korean | 중간계의 사람들 |
| Kurdish | Gelên erdê Navîn (Kurmanji) |
| Laotian | ປະຊາຊົນຂອງກາງໃນທົ່ວໂລກ |
| Latin | Populus Terra Media |
| Latvian | Tautām Tuvo zemes |
| Lithuanian | Vidurinėsžemės tautos |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Народите на Блискиот Земјата |
| Malaysian | Manusia tengah-bumi |
| Maltese | Il Popli tal-ħamrija nofs |
| Marathi | मध्य-पृथ्वी च्या लोकांचे |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | дунд дэлхийн ард түмэн ? |
| Nepalese | मध्य-पृथ्वीको जनताहरु |
| Norwegian | Folkene i Midgard |
| Pashto | د منځني-ځمکه د خلکو |
| Persian | مردم از میانه زمین |
| Polish | Ludy Śródziemia |
| Portuguese | Os Povos da Terra-média |
| Punjabi | ਮੱਧ-ਧਰਤੀ ਦੇ ਪੀਪਲਜ਼ |
| Romanian | Popoarelor Pământului de Mijloc |
| Russian | Народы Средиземья |
| Samoan | O le Tagata o Tutotonu-lalolagi |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha Sluagh na Meadhan-talmhainn |
| Serbian | Народи Међуземља (Cyrillic) Narodi Međuzemlja (Latin) |
| Sindhi | وچ-زمين جي پيپلز |
| Slovak | Národy Stredozeme |
| Slovenian | Narodi Srednjem svetu |
| Somalian | Oo Dadyowgii ee Dhexe-dhulka |
| Spanish | Los Pueblos de la Tierra Media |
| Sundanese | Bangsa tengah-bumi |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дар Мардумии Миёна-замин ? |
| Tamil | மத்திய புவி மக்கள் |
| Telugu | మిడిల్ ఎర్త్ పీపుల్స్ |
| Thai | พลเมืองแห่งมิดเดิลเอิร์ธ |
| Tongan | He kakai 'o mamani he vaeua'anga malie |
| Turkish | Orta Dünya'nın Halkları |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Народи Середзем'я |
| Urdu | مشرق زمین کے عوام ? |
| Uzbek | Яқин-ернинг Халқ (Cyrillic) Yaqin-erning Xalq (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Các dân Trung-trái đất |
| Welsh | Pobl Daear Ganol |
| Yiddish | די פֿעלקער פון מיטל-ערד |
| Yoruba | Awọn Enia ti Arin-ayé |