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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.

The Tragic End of Louis XVI
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Short Teaching Module: Music and Decolonization in the Black Atlantic
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London's Bill of Mortality
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Chinchorro Mummies
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Long Teaching Module: Nationalities and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, 1989-2000
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Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate
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Robots Reading Vogue
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Child Re-enacting Krishna Story
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Construction drawing of a social housing high-rise in Duchère
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The Third Estate Marrying Priests with Nuns
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Organization of British Imperial Scouting
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The Batavia Castle
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History of NATO Expansion Map
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Page from Qing Veritable Records
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Gold dinar depicting Caliph Abd al-Malik
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