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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.

Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
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Louis XVI distributes aid to the Poor
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The Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares
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View of the Coffee Plantation Marienbosch in Surinam
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Plans for Social Housing in France
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Cartoon Depicts Debate at Hasting's Impeachment Trial, 1788
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Departure of the Three Orders for Versailles
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Long Teaching Module: Gender and Health in Latin America, 1980-2010
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Short Teaching Module: Examining Early Genoese Voyages through Maps
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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Photograph of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Activist
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The landraad in Pati
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Majalis al-‘ushshak: Gathering in a Mosque
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The Taoist Priest of Lao-Shan
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