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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.

The mayor of Lyon, France drives a bulldozer to initiate construction of social housing
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The Washington Post Announces Eisenhower's Reelection
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Selden Map
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World map by Henricus Martellus
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Copra Production in the Dutch East Indies
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Courage
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The Whole Duty of Woman
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Temple of Vespasian altar
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Louis Leaves His Family
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Soviet Map, 1982
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Manifest Record from the S.S. Atenas
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Remains of the Stargate Canoe
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1996 New Zealand Census Information
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Maguire Residence
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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