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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.

Sati Engraving: A Gentoo Woman Burning Herself
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Mexico Cartoon, 1846
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Mameluke with a basket of flowers, 1641
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Sympathy
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Diapers
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Yamamoto Shunshō’s The Tale of Genji
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George Browne “Freedom for Ghana”
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Majalis al-‘ushshak: Gathering in a Mosque
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Ge'ez Script
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Source Collection: Women and the Revolution
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The Dream of Malinche
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 3
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Manuelita
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Mercator Projection
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Chinese Troops during the Xinhai Revolution
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