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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.

The Battle of Waterloo as Seen by an Ordinary British Cavalryman
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Edward Waring on Assafœtida as medicine in India
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Illustration from The Maqamat of al-Hariri
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Festival of Supreme Being
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Battle of Aboukir
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Division with an Early Modern Counting Board
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The Natural History of a Chinese Girl
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The Dance of the Dead
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Rivalry Between English and Dutch East India Companies
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Sorghaghtani Beki and Tolui
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Misión San Estévan del Rey de Ácoma
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African Studies Center
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Long Teaching Module: Sati
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Chilean Consul Writes of Immigrants Seeking to Avoid Military Service, 1865
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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