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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.

Cartoon about the Ottoman Empire
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Chinese Troops during the Xinhai Revolution
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Long Teaching Module: Education in the Middle East, 1200-2010
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Dona Marina, Cortes’ Translator: Painting, Santa Barraza
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Akkamahadevi 2
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Mazzini on Revolutionary Nationalism
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His Monument: Napoleon's Past and Future Are FIlled With Dead Bodies
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The Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares
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Ptolemy's World Map
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Susanna and the Elders
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Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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M. Cornelius Statius
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Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home
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Remains of the Stargate Canoe
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