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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 Battle of Waterloo as Seen by an Ordinary British Cavalryman
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Early Modern Ottoman Carpet at the Walters Art Museum
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Syllabus: Women and Gender in World History, 600-2000
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Islamic Carpet made in Safavid Iran
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Noticias de Portugal
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New Netherland Institute
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Ruins of the Convento de San Francisco
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Robots Reading Vogue
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Christopher Columbus monument removal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Liberty
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Africae tabula noua
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Patience and Power by Susan Davis
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The League of Nations Archive
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London Newspaper
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Age of Consent Laws
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