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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.

Advertisement for Sale of Newly Arrived Africans
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The Executive Abroad
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Three-Character Classic
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Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Mirabai 3
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Ship Plan of a Late-19th Century Steamship
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Short Teaching Module: Science, Technology, and the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex during the Cold War
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Painting of Imelda Marcos, Philippine First Lady
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Short Teaching Module: Soviet Health Posters
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Soviet Administrative Map, 1989
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Speech by U.S. Civil Rights Leader Robert Williams, 1966
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Short Teaching Module: A Human History of Commodities
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Short Teaching Module: Building Materials as an Indicator of Transnational Encounters in Malaysia
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Short Teaching Module: European Maps of the Early Modern World
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National Assembly Relinquishes All Privileges
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