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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.

La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur
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Lapita Pottery from the Santa Cruz Islands
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
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Primer: Comparative History
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Advertisement for Sale of Newly Arrived Africans
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Rajah Rammohun Roy Excerpts
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I Am Called Cerberus but Am Also a Chameleon: Napoleon Being Sucked into Hell
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Inside the Decisive Network
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Chinese Troops during the Xinhai Revolution
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Divorce in the Soviet Union
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Inside a Revolutionary Committee during the Reign of Terror
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British Liberty Tree
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Short Teaching Module: Translation and a World History of the Qing Empire
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Misión San Francisco de Solano
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Page from the Pentaglot Manchu Glossary
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