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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 Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara)
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Long Teaching Module: Education in the Middle East, 1200-2010
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“Maori Girls School”
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Map of Land Grant for Cornell University, 1877
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Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857
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Illustration from The Maqamat of al-Hariri
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Mao Tse-tung's Statement Regarding Racial Discrimination in the United States, 1963
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Reason
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Painting of Imelda Marcos, Philippine First Lady
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World History Encyclopedia
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Islamic Carpet made in Safavid Iran
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Meeting of the Emperors at Tilsit
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Le Bon, The Psychology of Revolution
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Malleus Maleficarum, Witch Hunter Manual
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Transplanting Teeth
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