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The Races of Middle Earth:

Middle Earth is a wide and varied landscape, with races to match. JRR Tolkien wrote supplementary literature to accompany the trilogy, which looks into the history of Middle Earth, including detail about the evolution of the races and languages.

The links below include the main races described within Lord of the Rings. This gives some detail about the history of each race, but mostly describes elements which are drawn on during the course of the trilogy. As this is a brief summary of what is relevant for the books, a more in-depth look can be gained from the Literature JRR Tolkien wrote. The Silmarillion is very involved with the plight of the Elves, describing how and why it was that they came to Middle Earth.

 

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  Dwarves
  Elves
  Hobbits
  Istari
  Men
     Rangers
     Rohirrim
  Nazgûl
  Orcs 
     Uruk-hai
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