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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.

Ijazahs (Diploma)
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Mercator Projection, Eurasia Centered
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Akan Gold-Weight in the Shape of the Sankofa Bird
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Torture in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Shell Pendant or Bead from Ecuador
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Alexander Hamilton on the French Revolution
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Page from Qing Veritable Records
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Long Teaching Module: Children in Ancient China
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Page from the Pentaglot Manchu Glossary
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Burning the Guardhouse on the Pont Neuf
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Misión Santa Inés
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John Smith's Map of Virginia 1624
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An Ottoman “Bill of Rights”
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Kodak Advertisement
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