Show WAS FIRST USED AS A SYMBOL of the star sta and crescent Crt Cres cont on turkish flag very ancient are the star etar ind and crescent of the turkish flak flag their origin la Is explained as follows the characters of the language of mesopotamia like tho the egyptian were originally hieroglyphic one of tho the early ear ly picture words was a crescent and a star kar and shw picture which was waa pronounced ship tu was employed to express an aa incantation or exorcism or on aily anything thing capable of driving the evil spirit from tho the body of which it had bad taken pos DOS session clay tablets recording the ancient exorcisms have hav loan lean found in the ruins of mesopotamia and at the beginning of such tablets appears the sign which developed from the crescent and the star The symbol therefore may have been not ol 01 only i lly the word for incantation buc but a charm tra which the evil spirits were suppo supposed icid to flee in every age la in the orient the people have possessed similar cli charma arms the assyrian kings stationed winged monsters with forma halt human at their gateways to keep all evil from entering within the palace the poorer people suspended clay tablets above the entrances entrance 3 ot their houses the modern orie oriental nial may purchase in the bazars blue glass class beads versea from the koran horan wrapped in leather cases and other devices to serve a similar purpose the crescent and star formed a symbol which the mesopotamian of years ago em am aloyed as a charm |