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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 Boy Prodigy: Xiang Tuo
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Photograph of "Principal Chiefs" from West Africa
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“Drive the old and new colonialists out of Africa!” Propaganda Poster, 1964
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Business contract between Richard P. Waters and his Omani-Zanzibari trading partner, Esau bin Abdul Rahman
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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture A Native of Africa
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Gold Solidus of Justinian I (527–65)
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Kodak Advertisement
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A Grateful France Proclaims Napoleon the First Emperor of the Frence
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The Chinese Boy and Girl
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Short Teaching Module: Slavery, Labor, and Gender
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Swaddled Children Terra Cotta Bas-Reliefs
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Least Cost Pathway Analysis Showing Movement Across a Landscape
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Louis as No More Than a Man
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Cartoon Depicts Debate at Hasting's Impeachment Trial, 1788
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Balzac’s The Chouans
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