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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.

Tobacco Workers
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History of Pre-Modern Math
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Departure of the Three Orders for Versailles
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Cast of the Hand of Brazilian Emperor Pedro II
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Excerpt of Le Fresne
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Bamboo River II, Tale of Genji Painting Scroll
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National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges
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Ge'ez Script
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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Kaichi and Mitsuke Schools
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Norma Rae: Depicting Women's Labor History through Film
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"The Song of the End": The Whole World Now Chases Him
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Hell Broke Loose, or, The Murder of Louis
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Short Teaching Module: Borderland Migration and Communities in Twentieth-Century West Africa
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Page from the Pentaglot Manchu Glossary
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