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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.

Nobel Peace Center
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The Drunkard
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Coin minted by Constantine
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Celebrating Napoleon's Birthday on the Island of St. Helena
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W.E.B. DuBois Details the 1919 Pan-African Congress in Newspaper Article
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Printing Press
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Foot Binding
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Short Teaching Unit: The Omani Empire and the Center of the Emerging Global Economy, 1500-1850
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Battle For and Taking of Ratisbon, April 23, 1809
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The Crushed Aristocracy
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Map of Poverty in Mexico
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World War II Military Situation Map
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Misión La Purísima Concepción De María Santísima
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Map of the Union Pacific Railway
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Engraving of a Rechentisch (Counting Board)
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