Sheshi was a ruler of parts of Ancient Egypt sometime between 1800 and 1550 BC, near the end of the Middle Kingdom or during the Second Intermediate Period. Based on the archaeological evidence, he is the best attested king in this timeframe; hundreds of scaraboid seals bearing his name have been found as far away as Carthage and throughout Canaan, Egypt, and Nubia. Nevertheless, historians cannot pin down basic facts about this ruler, such as his dynasty or the duration and extent of his reign. Three competing hypotheses have been put forth: he may have been Salitis, founder of the 15th Dynasty and king of the invading Hyksos, or a later Hyksos king or vassal of the second half of the 15th Dynasty, or a ruler of the 14th Dynasty, a line of kings of Canaanite descent ruling over the Eastern Nile Delta immediately before the arrival of the Hyksos.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1476:

War of the Castilian Succession: Although the Battle of Toro was militarily inconclusive, it assured Ferdinand and Isabella the throne of Castile, forming the basis for modern Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Toro

1872:

Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), the first national park in the world, was established with the majority of it in the U.S. state of Wyoming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park

1921:

The Australian cricket team led by Warwick Armstrong became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Armstrong

1958:

Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Stritch was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith, thus becoming the first American to head a dicastery of the Roman Curia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Stritch

2014:

A group of knife-wielding men and women attacked passengers at Kunming railway station in Kunming, China, leaving 31 victims and 4 perpetrators dead with more than 140 others injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kunming_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

bork: 1. (transitive, intransitive, US, politics, often pejorative) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. […] 2. (transitive, slang) To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device. […] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bork

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.   --Yitzhak Rabin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin