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World History Commons

An open educational resource with peer-reviewed content for world and global history teachers, scholars, and students. This website provides more than 1,700 annotated primary sources, 100 teaching guides, 30 overviews of methods and approaches, and 250 website reviews. To learn more, consult this guide to using the site and our video guides for community college settings.

The Prophet Muhammad and A’isha
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Organization of British Imperial Scouting
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Short Teaching Module: Global Microhistory and the Nineteenth-Century Omani Empire
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The Tragic End of Louis XVI
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The Dance of the Dead
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Romania and Its Neighbors
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Ship
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Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution
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Fundraising for Palestinian Families in Jerusalem
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Short Teaching Module: Maya Writing
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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