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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.

Cold War Europe Military Alliances Map
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Misión San Francisco de Solano
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Cortés Greets Xicotencatl in Mexican Manuscript
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Travel writing of al-Biruni, 11th century Persian scholar
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Hicky's Bengal Gazette
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The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French
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Misión La Purísima Concepción De María Santísima
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U.S. targets Indian activist, Taraknath Das
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Monks Learning to Exercise.
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The Love Letter by Jan Vermeer
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GDP in Eastern Europe: 1980-1989
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Old Mission San Juan Bautista
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London Lives: Poverty, Crime and the Making of a Modern City, 1690–1800
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
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Meeting of the Emperors at Tilsit
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