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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.

Short Teaching Module: Nineteenth-Century American Trade on Zanzibar
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General Federation of the French
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Battle of Aboukir
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Parque Lage
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The Dance of Death
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A gold dinar of Abd al-Malik minted in Damascus in 697/98
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Reason
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Meiji Era School Attendence
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Mission San Xavier del Bac
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A Hindu Princess Committing Sati against the Wishes of Emperor Akbar
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Maya Drinking Vessel with Seated Lord, 7th-8th century
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The Squirt Gun
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Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate
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Primer: Borderlands History
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Remains of Christopher Colombus
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