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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.

Ottoman Decree Regarding Protestants, 1850
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Quilted bedcover of Elisabeth Chapman
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John Smith's Map of Virginia 1624
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Primer: Comparative History
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Misión Santa Clara de Asís
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Misión San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
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Cantino planisphere
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on Small Pox in Turkey
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Hangzhou elites in 1935
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Early Modern Counter
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The Turin Beatus Map of the World
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The School Journal, 1907 - [Magazine]
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Battle of Aboukir
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America Invertida (Inverted America)
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The Washington Post Announces Eisenhower's Reelection
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