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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.

Video of Ceausescu’s Last Speech, December 1989
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George Browne “Freedom for Ghana”
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Cortés Greets Xicotencatl in Mexican Manuscript
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Battle For and Taking of Ratisbon, April 23, 1809
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Source Collection: The Enlightenment and Human Rights
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Short Teaching Module: Borderland Migration and Communities in Twentieth-Century West Africa
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Showa Steelworks in Anshan (Northeast China)
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Francois Guilbeau letter on Loredo trade
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Long Teaching Module: Exploring Empire through the Lens of Childhood and Gender
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Hugo, Ninety–Three
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Map of Ichan Qala
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Portrait of Manuel Mansilla
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Analyzing Maps
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Picture of civil rights activist, Djida Tazdaït
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Gold dinar depicting Caliph Abd al-Malik
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