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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.

Battle For and Taking of Ratisbon, April 23, 1809
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Bronx Schoolyard
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Illustration from The Maqamat of al-Hariri
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Organization of British Imperial Scouting
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Census Protest for Women's Suffrage
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Apolitical Intellectuals/ Intelectuales ApolĂ­ticos
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Cartoon Depicts Debate at Hasting's Impeachment Trial, 1788
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Short Teaching Module: Translation and a World History of the Qing Empire
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Devshirme System
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Neolithic Bone Flutes
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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Map of Europe, 1918
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Long Teaching Module: Cultural Contact in Southern Africa
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Primer: Comparative History
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Analyzing Photographs
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