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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.

American and Zanzibari Trade Contract, 1841
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Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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History of Pre-Modern Math
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Cartoon about the Ottoman Empire
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African Studies Center
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Britannia Rules the Waves!!
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Two Girls Carrying Children
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Christopher Columbus monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Triumph of the Year 1813
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Bonaparte, First Consul, Putting Away His Sword after the General Peace
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Bonaparte Visiting the Hospital in Jaffa
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Misión San Miguel (New Mexico)
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Mijikenda textiles
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Tear Down this Wall
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Census of England, 1891
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