Of course Middle-Earth existed.
the line of the dwarves ended because, frankly, they werent interested in... er... making smaller versions of themselves!
The elves acknowledged that it was the time of Men, and sailed away.
Hobbits, as somebody said earlier, do still exist, but hide.
Eru showed Tolkien this through his dreams, and Tolkiens task in life wass to record it so we could see the true history of the World.
The face of the World has changed and "the west of middle earth" is probably Portugal and spain now.
it all fits, people.
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