JHAR 2026/1 Contents I. Karadzhinov. Notes on the Cultural Interrelations between the Eastern Balkans and the Aegean around the Middle 2nd Millennium BC: The Bronze Rapier from Drama, South-Eastern Bulgaria P. Minkov, S. Yordanov. A Possible Modius/Sextarius Italicus? Comments on a Rare Roman Stone Cup from Dobri làki, Macedonia Secunda K. Grozev. Residential and Defensive Towers During the Ottoman Period: Historiographical and Chronological Challenges V. Rogozenski. The Second Polish Republic during the period 1918–1921 K. Krastev. Coins of the Pretender to the Spanish Throne Carlos III (1701–1714) from the Museum of History “Iskra”–Kazanlak N. Mitev. A Fundamental Work on the Economic Development of Bulgarian Lands during the Ottoman Period (Economic History of the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire (15th Century–Early 20th Century). Volume 1: Periodization. Economic Thought. Coin Circulation. The Bulgarians in the economic Life of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th–18th Centuries. Ivan Roussev (Ed.). Sofia, Az-buki National Publishing House, 2025, 600 pp.) List of Authors