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There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the [[Rohirrim]] lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> | There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the [[Rohirrim]] lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> | ||
In the [[War of the Ring]], eastern Rohan was invaded from the North.<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> | |||
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Eastemnet is the wide land of Rohan east of the River Entwash until the Anduin, the easternmost land of the kingdom.[1]
There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the Rohirrim lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.[2]
In the War of the Ring, eastern Rohan was invaded from the North.[3]
Etymology
Emnet means "plain" in Rohirric.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Riders of Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 769
