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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.

Yamamoto Shunshō’s The Tale of Genji
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Sati Engraving: A Gentoo Woman Burning Herself
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Soviet Map, 1982
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Francois Guilbeau letter on Loredo trade
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Two Girls Carrying Children
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Cortés Greets Xicotencatl in Mexican Manuscript
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The Huejotzingo Codex of 1531
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Portón de Campo
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Edward Waring on Borax as medicine in India
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Decameron
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Source Collection: Monarchy Embattled
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Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
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Short Teaching Module: Maya Writing
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Maguire Residence
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