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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.

Reception of the Envoys from Kandy in Colombo
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Yamamoto Shunshō’s The Tale of Genji
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Patience and Power by Susan Davis
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Naval History and Heritage Command
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World map by Henricus Martellus
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Excerpt from The History of Mary Prince
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A Mother's Power
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"The Song of the End": The Whole World Now Chases Him
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Pound Homestead
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Exploring Africa
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Photograph of "Principal Chiefs" from West Africa
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AAAS Defends Edward Condon from HUAC, 1948
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Official Document, Women's Employment
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Map of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768
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Southern Manchuria Railway (1906-1945)
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