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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.

Mameluke with a basket of flowers, 1641
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Misión San Rafael Arcángel
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Middle Ages for Educators
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Charles Fourier on the Revolution
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Sumerian School Days
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Sword Hilt with Revolutionary Icons—Liberty
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Tomoe Gozen
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The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute
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Letter from the Nicaraguan embassy
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Photograph of the Boy Scout World Jamboree in 1929
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Wearing Gay History
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The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
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The Jingban tianwen quantu Map of the World
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Somoza cartoon
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Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
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