I do not know if this has been posited before, but I just came to the realization that Tolkien LOTR explains human and Atlantiean history though the use of Numinoreans.
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most noble race of men from the first age
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were givien an island continent in the western sea for helping a superior race in a war
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also given longer life, greater height avg 6'4", and greater intellects than the rest of men
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founded numerous colonies across the globe arrived at via boat
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envy for the gods immortality and an obsession over fear of death led to cultural decline
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war of wrath in the first age destroyed an entire continent by causing it to sink into the sea
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the 25th and last king went to crush sauron in battle and his armies fled. sauron was taken prisoner and used his cunning and honey tongue to manipulate and subvert, and went from captive to greatest counsellor/advisor of the king ((())).
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war of wrath in the first age destroyed an entire continent by causing it to sink into the sea
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used kings fear of death, sauron convinced the king to worship to dark arts . Convinced him to build a great temple and cut down the white tree Nimloth.
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this subversion led to collapse of numenor by a great flooding from the creator god of the pantheon who turned a flat middle earth into a globe.
-9 ships survived collapse and went to the northern regions of middle earth to found kingdoms
what did tolkien know? NWO = Numinorean World Order?
https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/N%C3%BAmen%C3%B3reans