Prehistoric man in Asia Minor ( now modern Turkey ) or Greece could look out across the Aegean toward the horizon and see the faint silhouette of land .	dy
Obsidian is a hard , vitreous volcanic rock , which could be fashioned into tools for cutting and stabbing .	dy
Although the islands saw little action , as the war went on they could see that Athens was slowly losing its power .	dy
The Christians , however , could not hold the city .	dy
These unfortunate circumstances threatened to relegate Las Vegas to the status of a small desert community that could no longer support its 3000 residents .	dy
The state legislature helped as well , by legalizing gambling in 1931 and thus solidifying the future of the town , though legislators and residents could never have known this at the time .	dy
Those whose fate was to die on some far foreign field could not have wanted a more peaceful , lovely graveyard .	ep
