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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.

Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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Sugarcane Workers Strike
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The Huejotzingo Codex of 1531
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Portrait of Hernán Cortés
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"The Problems of Third World Development"
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Rivalry Between English and Dutch East India Companies
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Thälmann Pioneer's Shirt
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Misión San Fernando Rey de España
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Children in the Slave Trade Table
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Hagia Sophia Floor Plan
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Long Teaching Module: Exploring Empire through the Lens of Childhood and Gender
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De Tente en el Aire y Mulata, Albarrasado
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Misión Santa Inés
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