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	In the fiction of ], the '''Ages of the Children of Iluvatar''' chronicle major events in the history of the ].
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	The ] of the Children of Iluvatar began during the ] when the ] at ]. This marked the start of the years when the Children of Iluvatar were active in Middle-earth. Later in the First Age the second kindred, humans, and Iluvatar's adopted children, the Dwarves, also awoke.
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	Tolkien wrote that the later Ages lasted about 3,000 years, though this duration was not fixed and he felt that the Ages 'sped up' over time. Each ended following the completion of some major event in the history of the Children of Iluvatar.

	==Other versions of the legendarium==
	In some texts Tolkien referred to the 'First Age of Middle-earth' or the 'First Age of the World' rather than the 'First Age of the Children of Iluvatar'. These variations had earlier starting points, extending the First Age back to the creation of Arda, but consistently ended with ]'s defeat in ].

	The terms 'First Age of the Sun' and 'Ages of the Sun' are commonly used by many fans, but do not appear anywhere in Tolkien's writings. The 'First Age of the Sun' in this conception is held to begin with the first rising of the Sun and continue until Morgoth's defeat nearly 600 years later. While this is at odds with Tolkien's statements that the first age was the longest by far it is a common misapprehension because the subsequent ages all took place entirely during the ].

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