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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.

Lord Kitchener, “Birth of Ghana,” 1957
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The Drunkard
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Travel writing of al-Biruni, 11th century Persian scholar
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San José de Guadalupe
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Map of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768
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Puppeteers Painting
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Primer: Gender in World History
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Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel
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Louis the Sixteenth, King of France and of Navarre
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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture A Native of Africa
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Foot Binding
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Moche Portrait Vessels
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Women from Bohemia
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Analyzing Material Objects
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M. Cornelius Statius
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