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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.

Life Histories (Chile) Table
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Bamboo River II, Tale of Genji Painting Scroll
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The Little Cartesian Devil
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Tear Down this Wall
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Majalis al-‘ushshak: Gathering in a Mosque
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Solidarity Expressions from the Puerto Rican Diaspora
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The Turin Beatus Map of the World
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Newspaper report on Eva Peron's Death
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Will-making among the general populace of Bologna during 1348
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Excerpt from The History of Mary Prince
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Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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Child’s Life Course
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Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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"Torture by Water" in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
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Lady of the Bridge, Tale of Genji Painting Scroll
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