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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.

Rajah Rammohun Roy Excerpts
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Kant, The Contest of Faculties
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Maya Vase with Mythological Scene, 7th-8th century
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Romania and Its Neighbors
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Guang yutu map
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Teaching LGBTQ History
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Javanese Gamelan
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Nutmeg and the Spice Wars in Southeast Asia
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Short Teaching Module: Building Materials as an Indicator of Transnational Encounters in Malaysia
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Sanitarium Weet-Bix Packet
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Manifest Record from the S.S. Atenas
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Primer: Imperialism
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Mameluke with a basket of flowers, 1641
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Page from the Pentaglot Manchu Glossary
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Women and Stalinism: Drawing, Old Way of Life
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