could any of the kingdoms at middle earth attack the southern continents?

[tom the eldest]

Well,actually,the question refer to not only go dor,but other as well.now,dwarves cant invade them,we sure,but could the elves,maybe from lindon?or maybe the easterlings?its not just about gondor,its about other nations too.now about gondpr,they maybe able to fool the southrons,but even though the invasion force is massive,they are in unfamiliar territorry.the gondorians,as far as i can tell,NEVER fought in highly densed forest area.ithilien ranger maybe quite useful,but they still dont know the terrain on which they fought in.and the southrons also can use guerilla,and can easily counter the rangers.

[Nerwen]

Okay, so you're talking about the Third Age.

Well, I don't think there were enough Elves or Dwarves around to do any conquering to speak of- Gondor, however, is another matter. At the height of its power it *did* dominate Harad: "[Hyarmendacil's] armies utterly defeated the Men of Harad, and their kings were compelled to acknowledge the overlordship of Gondor." "...the kings of the Harad did homage to Gondor, and their sons lived as hostages in the court of its King." (Appendix A.). However, I don't think there's any hint that Gondor actually set up colonies there.

As for wars between the Haradrim and the Easterlings- well, we can't know anything about that, because the story is concerned with the west of Middle-earth. Again- you're asking for information that isn't there.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

As for wars between the Haradrim and the Easterlings- well, we can't know anything about that, because the story is concerned with the west of Middle-earth. Again- you're asking for information that isn't there.

In the Unfinished Tales chapter Cirion and Eorl it is noted that the Wainriders of the East were "in conflict with the peoples of Khand and their neighbours further south". Whether that was an armed conflict is conjectural, though I think it likely there was combat between Men in the East and South at various times.

As for Gondor or any of the West invading other regions...well, if they could have, they would have. And the same goes for other peoples.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

In the Unfinished Tales chapter Cirion and Eorl it is noted that the Wainriders of the East were "in conflict with the peoples of Khand and their neighbours further south". Whether that was an armed conflict is conjectural, though I think it likely there was combat between Men in the East and South at various times.

I meant we don't have the kind of information that tom the eldest evidently wants.