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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.

Tu'i Tonga Empire Map
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Renunciation case against Gertrudis de Escobar, Mexico, 1659
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Through Me You Are All Brothers
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Stonewall Jackson monument removal, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Short Teaching Module: Girlhood and Little Women
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A Grateful France Proclaims Napoleon the First Emperor of the Frence
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The Gall-Peters Projection
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Academy Museum
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
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Poverty Point in Louisiana, United States
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Primer: Gender in World History
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Immigrant Crossing Road Sign
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Lapita Pottery from the Santa Cruz Islands
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Javanese Shadow Puppets
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