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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.

Huaca Pucllana, Ancient Pyramid in Peru
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Sugarcane Workers Strike
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Slave Coffle, Central Africa, 1861
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"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday (1939)
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Ge'ez Script
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Long Teaching Module: Parents, Children, and Political Authority in 19th century Argentina
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Source Collection: Slavery and the Haitian Revolution
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Primer: Technology
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Analyzing Inquisition Documents
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Mesoamerican Pictogram
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Adding and Subtracting with an Early Modern Counting Board
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Misión San Cayetano de Tumacácori
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The Great Man
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Nautical Chart, 1385
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 2
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