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**Born On This Day: Sarah Rapelje**

Sarah Rapelje was born on this day in Albany on 9th June 1625. She was the first child of European descent to be born in the Dutch colony of New Netherland.

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📖 **Fascism: The History of a Word**

_Exploring the writings and deeds of political leaders, activists, artists, authors, and philosophers, Federico Marcon traces the history of the term’s use (and usefulness) in relation to Mussolini’s political regime, antifascist resistance, and the quest of postwar historians to develop a definition of a “fascist minimum.”_

🔗 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/b.

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🇬🇧 **Five outstanding manuscripts acquired for the nation**

“_Together, these manuscripts shed exceptional light on the study of Hebrew by Christian monks in medieval England, on the administration of a medieval English town, and on spiritual devotion in medieval England and Ireland._”

🔗 blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscrip.

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**On This Day In History**

2nd June 1677 marks the day when English author of medical texts William Salmon was born.

🇸🇪 **Viking silver treasure uncovered in Täby in Stockholm**

“_Several coins are of European origin, representing countries as England, Bohemia and Bavaria. In addition, the treasure consisted of five Arabic coins, so called dirhams. One of the European coins is extremely rare and was minted in the city of Rouen, in Normandy, France. It dates to approximately the 10th Century AD._”

🔗 arkeologerna.com/viking-silver.

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**Exclusive: 'Turk-Kagan' coin discovery reshapes early Turkic history, says Uzbek professor**

“_Perhaps most significantly, the “Turk-Kagan” coins predate the famed Orkhon inscriptions—those of Tonyukuk, Kultegin, and Bilge Kagan—by more than 150 years. This pushes back the earliest known written usage of “Turk” and “Turk-Kagan” to the late sixth or early seventh century A.D._”

🔗 turkiyetoday.com/culture/exclu.

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**Battle of the Kalka River**

On this day in history in 1223, the Mongol Army led by Jebei and Subutai defeated the combined forces of the Kievan Rus at the Kalka River.

🇯🇴 **Lost Byzantine city resurfaces in S. Jordan: Ancient settlement of Tharais identified**

“_The town of Tharais, once featured on the renowned Madaba Mosaic Map, has been positively identified near the modern town of El-‘Iraq in the Karak Governorate, providing a new chapter in the archaeological and cultural history of the region._”

🔗 turkiyetoday.com/culture/a-los.

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