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Tar-Palantir · 02-14-2003, 06:40 PM

Where did you get the number 30,000? I will try to work it out for you, but so you know, there is no concrete answer obviously.

1st Age- is like 580 years
2nd Age- is 3440 years
3rd Age- is 3021 years

total is approx. 7041 years.

the average length of an 'Age' is 2347 years

approximate total after six ages is 14,082

Due to the brief duration of the First Age I would estimate the +/- error ratio to be about 3000 years.

My conclusion? The total length of the first six Ages is between 11,082 and 17,082 years.

If you work in the fact that we are theoretically in the 2003rd year of the 7th Age: Year 1 of the First Age occurred between 13,085 and 19,085 years ago. With the median, and probably most accurate, number being:

drum roll please...

16,085 years have passed since day one 1st Age till now.

Does that answer your question? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ February 14, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ]

02-14-2003, 06:40 PM	#5
Tar-Palantir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: napa valley, ca Posts: 496	Where did you get the number 30,000? I will try to work it out for you, but so you know, there is no concrete answer obviously. 1st Age- is like 580 years 2nd Age- is 3440 years 3rd Age- is 3021 years total is approx. 7041 years. the average length of an 'Age' is 2347 years approximate total after six ages is 14,082 Due to the brief duration of the First Age I would estimate the +/- error ratio to be about 3000 years. My conclusion? The total length of the first six Ages is between 11,082 and 17,082 years. If you work in the fact that we are theoretically in the 2003rd year of the 7th Age: Year 1 of the First Age occurred between 13,085 and 19,085 years ago. With the median, and probably most accurate, number being: drum roll please... *16,085* years have passed since day one 1st Age till now. Does that answer your question? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ February 14, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ] __________________ History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men Go, go, Godzilla!