Lord Of The Rings' Fourth Age Of Middle-Earth Explained

If you only know Middle-earth through Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, you probably haven't thought too much about the ages of Middle-earth. The events of LOTR and The Hobbit take place in the Third Age. Tolkien wrote extensively about the first three ages in his works, but there are only bits and pieces about the Fourth Age, which happens after the One Ring is destroyed. Let's take a look at the explanation of the Fourth Age of Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings.