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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.

Posada Broadsheet
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Leon Trotsky, The Permanent Revolution
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The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara)
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Small Terracotta Male
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Making African Connections
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Long Teaching Module: Women in the British Empire, 1800-2000
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Francois Guilbeau letter on Loredo trade
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Kaichi and Mitsuke Schools
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Kilwa Map Illustration
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Middle Ages for Educators
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The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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The World: Map of N. & S. America
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The High-Caste Hindu Woman
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Three-Character Classic
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