Middle earth did not really have a great deal of technological advances over the first three ages. (This probably has to do with Elvish attachment to the past and dislike of change.) Throughout these ages the weapons and fighting techniques roughly correspond to the Dark Ages of Western Europe. There is some very facinating commentary on the battles and warfare of the age in the UT on the Battle of the Gladden Fields and the Battles of the Fords of Isen for those that are interested.
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