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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.

“Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo ante los muros de Sevilla” by Francisco de Goya
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The Foreign Relations of the United States Series
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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Short Teaching Module: East Asian Developmental States in Global History
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Tracing Canoe Pathways in the Lesser Antilles, 2000 BE - 400 BC
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Antonio Gramsci: Selections from The Prison Notebooks
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Joyous Celebration at the New Year
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Chive Pocket Watch (Reloj de bolsillo tipo cebollón)
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Rivalry Between English and Dutch East India Companies
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Misión San Francisco de Asís (California)
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Living History by Hillary Clinton
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The Emperor and the Imperial Guard on the Island of Elba
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Karl Marx: The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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Olympic Museum
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Video of Ceausescu’s Last Speech, December 1989
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