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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.

Age of Consent Laws
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Short Teaching Module: Children, Culture, and Folktales
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Nautical Chart, 1385
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Crucifix (Nkangi Kiditu)
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Printing Press
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Javanese Gamelan
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India’s Cries to British Humanity
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Primer: Technology
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The Secret of England's Greatness
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The Dream of Malinche
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Short Teaching Module: History of the Pacific Ocean
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Long Teaching Module: The Romanian Revolution of 1989
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Wolff’s justification for omitting hay values
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“Big Business Banishes the Flapper"
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A Hindu Princess Committing Sati against the Wishes of Emperor Akbar
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