Tolkien decided that Dwaves would live to right around 250 before dying of old age and would marry and have kids right around 100. It seems really suspicious with how closely that is kept, never varing by more than two or three years.
I wanted to try to zone in on the time of the dwarves awakening but I dont' think it will happen, 1130YT is probally the best guess to be had. It's a shame the Dwarves weren't better documented.
[ April 05, 2002: Message edited by: Mhoram ]
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