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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.

Bamboo River II, Tale of Genji Painting Scroll
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Barada Panel in Great Mosque in Damascus
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African Studies Center
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“Drive the old and new colonialists out of Africa!” Propaganda Poster, 1964
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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Shopping queue in Wrocław
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De Maistre, Considerations on France
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Shipping Company Route Map from 1889
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Peter Kropotkin on the Need for Individual Action
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Short Teaching Module: Children and Daguerreotypes (19th c.)
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Apolitical Intellectuals/ Intelectuales Apolíticos
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Woman with Lenin/Stalin Flag
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Nobel Peace Center
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Misión San Elizario
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Source Collection: Pennsylvania Newspapers React to Refugees from Haitian Revolution
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