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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.

Tree Rings as Climate Archive
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Living History by Hillary Clinton
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The 33 Orientales
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A Continent Divided: The U.S. - Mexico War
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Child’s Life Course
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Market in Southeastern Nigeria
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
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Maya Vase with Mythological Scene, 7th-8th century
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Britain pressures U.S. to revoke citizenship of Indian activist
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Indian textile fragment, 14th-15th century
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Connections and the Long Cold War in Nicaragua
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
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Primer: Global Microhistory
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Interview with Sa’ida Jarallah
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Short Teaching Module: European Maps of the Early Modern World
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