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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.

Long Teaching Module: Education in the Middle East, 1200-2010
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Nautical Chart, 1385
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The Welcoming of a Marquis in Hell
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Quebec Order, 7 July 1796
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Maya Monument with glyphs, 4th-9th centuries
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Crucifix (Nkangi Kiditu)
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The Little Cartesian Devil
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Letter from the Nicaraguan embassy
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Post-Soviet Population Table, 2006
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The Executive Abroad
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Codex Mendoza
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Joyous Celebration at the New Year
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Primer: Commodities
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Short Teaching Module: Play in Tokugawa Japan
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Photograph of the Boy Scout World Jamboree in 1929
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