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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.

Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French
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Christopher Columbus monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Devshirme System
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Women's Union Telegram
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Misión San Francisco de Asís
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Short Teaching Module: Consumerism in Poland
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Illustrations from Guaman Poma, El Primer Nueva Coránica y Buen Gobierno
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Abuses to Suppress
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Academy Museum
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The Exorcism: Ridding France of the Devil Napoleon
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Olympic Museum
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Drug Abuse is Suicide
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Teaching Traditional Polynesian Navigation
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Yamamoto Shunshō’s The Tale of Genji
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Mercator Projection
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