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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.

Veritable Records of the Chosŏn Dynasty
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Codex Mendoza
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Will-making among the general populace of Bologna during 1348
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Anonymous Portrait
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
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Health Ordinances of Pistoia, 1348
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Joyous Celebration at the New Year
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Tobacco Workers
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Ptolemy's World Map
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Cast of the Hand of Brazilian Emperor Pedro II
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Short Teaching Module: Childhood and Transatlantic Slavery
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Picture of civil rights activist, Djida Tazdaït
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Long Teaching Module: Children during the Black Death
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Reception of the Envoys from Kandy in Colombo
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Islamic Carpets
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