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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.

View of the Coffee Plantation Marienbosch in Surinam
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Ptolemy's World Map
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Renunciation case against Gertrudis de Escobar, Mexico, 1659
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Short Teaching Module: European Maps of the Early Modern World
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World History Encyclopedia
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A Poem by Victor Hugo (1830)
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Gold dinar depicting Caliph Abd al-Malik
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Cecil Rhodes monument removal, Cape Town, South Africa
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The Cathedral of Buenos Aires
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San Ysidro and San Buenaventura de Humanas (Gran Quivira)
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Soviet Nationalities Map, 1989
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The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute
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Somoza cartoon
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Quebec Order, 7 July 1796
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Gender Roles among the Nahua in the Codex Mendoza
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