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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.

Business contract between Richard P. Waters and his Omani-Zanzibari trading partner, Esau bin Abdul Rahman
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Women's Union Telegram
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The Chinese Boy and Girl
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Remains of Christopher Colombus
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Mahabodhi Temple
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First Sounds of the Hymn of Independence
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Mijikenda textiles
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Analyzing Material Objects
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Nok Terracotta Sculptures
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Antonio Gramsci: Selections from The Prison Notebooks
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Primer: Borderlands History
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The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954
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Solidarity Commemorates Tiananmen Square
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Cast of the Hand of Brazilian Emperor Pedro II
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