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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.

Javanese Shadow Puppets
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Competitive Journalism
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"How Some Children Played at Slaughtering"
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Soviet Nationalities Map, 1989
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Old Mission San Buenaventura
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Babylonian Map Tablet
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Auction
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Ayyubid and Ottoman Architecture
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The Great Heroism of the Nineteenth Century
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Mercator Projection
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Louis XVI, King of the French, born 23 August 1754.
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Foot Binding
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Maya Vase with Mythological Scene, 7th-8th century
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The Dance of Death
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