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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.

Nuestra Señora de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
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Gin Lane (1751)
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Old Mission San Juan Bautista
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Reunion
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Analyzing Maps
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Short Teaching Module: Agricultural Knowledge in the Late Nineteenth Century
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Swaddled Children Terra Cotta Bas-Reliefs
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Lapita Pottery from the Santa Cruz Islands
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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Printing Press
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Primer: Rewriting of Sub-Saharan African History
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Game of the Great Men, Minot the Elder
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De Maistre, Considerations on France
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Photograph of Fatima the Moroccan
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Long Teaching Module: Gender and Health in Latin America, 1980-2010
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