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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.

Oath of the New Horaces
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Malinche Sculpture
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Maguire Residence
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Long Teaching Module: Economies in Transition in Eastern Europe, 1970-1990
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Map of the Travels of Xuanzang (629 AD - 645 AD) Journey to the West
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America Invertida (Inverted America)
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Apolitical Intellectuals/ Intelectuales Apolíticos
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Photograph, Needleworker
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“Africae Novo” Map
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Cortés Greets Xicotencatl in Mexican Manuscript
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Map of Ichan Qala
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Huun-Huur-Tu Throat Singers
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Short Teaching Module: Early Modern Islamic Carpets as Transcultural Objects
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New Netherland Institute
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Torture in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
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