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Originally Posted by Elmo
I mean nothing bad is ever said about Gondor's continued expansion into the lands of Rhun and Harad throughout the 3rd age.
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You mean, after the fall of Sauron? Before that, Gondor's territory had been shrinking, not increasing.
When Elessar made peace with the Easterlings and Southrons at the end of the Third Age, I think the implication is that without Sauron's influence, those peoples would be let alone under their own laws, as long as they didn't try to war against Gondor.
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Originally Posted by Elmo
Surely this land theft though would make the people whose land it was hate Gondor even more? It would create ample ground for Sauron to work with in making these people 'evil'.
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At the time of the founding of the Kingdoms In Exile,
most of the Men of Middle-earth were under Sauron's sway already, and had been disposed toward evil since the days of Morgoth. The Edain were the "good" ones who went west to escape his influence.