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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.

Mr. de Lafayette, Commander of the Paris National Guard, Receives the City’s 'Sword for the Defense of Liberty'
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Hugo, Ninety–Three
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Life Histories (Chile) Table
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Short Teaching Module: Connecting the French Empire
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Excerpt from Courrier of Avignon
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Analyzing Maps
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American and Zanzibari Trade Contract, 1841
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A Grateful France Proclaims Napoleon the First Emperor of the Frence
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Marshall Islands Stick Charts
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Female Terracotta Figure
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Kant, The Contest of Faculties
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The Drunkard
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Bamboo River II, Tale of Genji Painting Scroll
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Robespierre 10 Thermidor—Exposition of 1877
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Removal of the Parlements
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