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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.

Islamic Carpet made in Safavid Iran
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Meiji Japan
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Ceramic Female Figure from Ecuador
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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula
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Babylonian Map Tablet
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Bone comb
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Short Teaching Module: Florence Farmborough and the Russian Front, 1914-1918
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The Moundbuilders' Art: A Confluence of 'Ingenuity, Industry, and Elegance'
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The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French
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Javanese Shadow Puppets
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Game of the Great Men, Minot the Elder
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Iglesia Colonial de Conchagua
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Hagia Sophia Floor Plan
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2 Prints of a Sole Amerindian in a Canoe
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Abuses to Suppress
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