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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 Drunkard
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A Hindu Princess Committing Sati against the Wishes of Emperor Akbar
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Analyzing Literary Sources
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View of the Coffee Plantation Marienbosch in Surinam
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Monks Learning to Exercise.
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National WWI Museum and Memorial
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Inside a Revolutionary Committee during the Reign of Terror
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Catalan Map of the World, c.1450
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Video: March of Flags from 1929 Boy Scout World Jamboree
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Hagia Sophia Floor Plan
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Advertisement for Sale of Newly Arrived Africans
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Bar Miztvah
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Sumerian School Days
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A Grateful France Proclaims Napoleon the First Emperor of the Frence
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Post-Soviet Population Table, 2006
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