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September 10

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  1. 1860 CEJewish · born

    Simon Dubnow, the historian whose ten-volume World History of the Jewish People pioneered a sociological reading of the Jewish past, was born on this day in 1860.

  2. 1855 CEMesopotamian · born

    Robert Koldewey, the archaeologist who directed the long excavation of Babylon and uncovered the Ishtar Gate, was born in Blankenburg am Harz.

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