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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.

Competitive Journalism
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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Wooden Stockade on Penang Island, 18th century
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Primer: Defining World History
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Islamic Carpet made in Safavid Iran
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Akkamahadevi 2
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The Secret of England's Greatness
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Fertility and Abortion in Czechoslovakia, 1950-2005
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Ashokan Pillar with a Single-Lion Capital at Vaishali, India
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
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Middle Ages for Educators
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General Federation of the French
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Map of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768
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Gold Solidus of Justinian I (527–65)
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Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
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