Through out The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien has created a complex and detailed world called Middle-earth. This unique setting has told a story like no other, full of new races, languages, war and peace. Here you can explore some of these and learn more about this mythological world. The Information within this section comes from the works of David Day on the original texts by J.R.R. Tolkien.