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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 Turin Beatus Map of the World
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Vulgarly Called the Wanton
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Map of the Outskirts of Mexico City
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Quilted bedcover of Elisabeth Chapman
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Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Learning and Research
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Excerpts from the Hadith by A’isha
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Excerpt of Le Fresne
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Photograph of “Indian Tableaux at Endon”
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Long Teaching Module: Children in the Slave Trade
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Teaching Traditional Polynesian Navigation
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The Butcher Shop, Warsaw
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 2
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The Boy Prodigy: Xiang Tuo
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Illustration from The Maqamat of al-Hariri
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Ashokan Pillar with a Single-Lion Capital at Vaishali, India
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