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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.

Joyous Celebration at the New Year
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The Great Man
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Oath of the New Horaces
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Napoleon Is Unable to Digest Leipzig
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Wooden Triptych
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Short Teaching Module: Race, Gender, and Transnational Histories of Solidarity
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Renunciation case against Gertrudis de Escobar, Mexico, 1659
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Courage
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Terakoya vs. Meiji School
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Travel writing of al-Biruni, 11th century Persian scholar
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Outward Cargo Manifest of the Rowena, 1841
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Page from Qing Veritable Records
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Wooden Stockade on Penang Island, 18th century
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New Zealand School Photographs, 1950 and 1964
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San Ysidro and San Buenaventura de Humanas (Gran Quivira)
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