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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.

China: Culture and Society
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Visualizing Energy:
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Misión San Francisco de Asís
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Maya Deity-Face Jade Pendant, 7th-8th century
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Short Teaching Module: Codex Mendoza (16th c.)
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Excavation at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
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Joyous Celebration at the New Year
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Short Teaching Module: Orphans and Colonialism (17th c.)
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Caribbean Sea Migration Collection
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The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto
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Short Teaching Module: Connecting the French Empire
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Short Teaching Module: Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland
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Map of Ichan Qala
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Robots Reading Vogue
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National Academy of Sciences objects to political persecution of Condon, 1948
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