…(in Homeric legend) the city of King Priam, besieged for ten years by the Greeks during the Trojan War. It was regarded as having been a purely legendary city until Heinrich Schliemann identified the mound of Hissarlik on the NE Aegean coast of Turkey as the site of Troy. The city was apparently sacked and destroyed by fire in the mid 13th century bc, a period coinciding with the Mycenaean civilization of Greece…
…a system of weights used mainly for precious metals and gems, with a pound of 12 ounces or 5,760 grains…
…a commercial and residential township in northern New Jersey; population 50,431 (est. 2008)…
…a system of weights used mainly for precious metals and gems, with a pound of 12 ounces or 5,760 grains…
