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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.

Britain pressures U.S. to revoke citizenship of Indian activist
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Torture in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
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Map of Ichan Qala
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Popular World Development Indicators for Four Caribbean Countries
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Le Bon, The Psychology of Revolution
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Museo Regional de Oriente
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Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Akkamahadevi
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Commission Hearing Excerpt
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Maya Drinking Vessel with Seated Lord, 7th-8th century
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Rubeola Vulgaris - Measles
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Peter Kolb Travel Narrative 2
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Long Teaching Module: New Zealand Childhoods (18th–20th c.)
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Studying for the mother country, 1986
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Short Teaching Module: Portraying Women Workers: Beyond Norma Rae
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