Turkey-stone
41novaculite — n. Turkey stone, Turkey oil stone, razor stone, whet slate …
42Commonwealth War Graves Commission — Logo of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Abbreviation CWGC Formation 21 May 1917 Legal status Commission …
43Novaculite — No*vac u*lite, n. [L. novacula a sharp knife, razor: cf. F. novaculite.] (Min.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate. [1913 Webster] …
44chronology — 3600 B.C.E. to 1700 B.C.E. Indus Valley civilization, including sites at Mohenjodaro and Harappa, prospers. Archaeo logical finds include a seal that some scholars identify as a proto Shiva. 2050 ¶ Indo Iranian people settle in Iran (Persia) and… …
45whet-slate — n. (Min.) Novaculite, whetstone slate, Turkey stone, oil stone, whetstone …
46Mount Nemrut — Turkey also has a volcano named Nemrut Mount Nemrut * UNESCO World Heritage Site …
47Sakarya — ▪ Turkey formerly Adapazarı city, northwestern Turkey, lying in a fertile plain west of the Sakarya River. It is situated along the old military road from Istanbul. The region came under Ottoman control in the early 14th century, and the …
48Curling at the 2011 Winter Universiade — Host city Erzurum, Turkey Arena Milli Piyango Curling Arena Dates January 27 February 6, 2011 Men s winner …
49Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
50literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
