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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.

Meeting of the Emperors at Tilsit
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Letter to Panduranga Joshi Kulkarni
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Germany: Memories of a Nation
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Monks Learning to Exercise.
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Sewing Classes at Mount Margaret Mission
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Map of Europe, 1918
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Apollo 11 Moonwalk
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Map of Poverty in Mexico
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Analyzing Literary Sources
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Misión San Antonio de Padua
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Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French
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Barada Panel in Great Mosque in Damascus
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The Griots of West Africa
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World Heritage Site Map
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The Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday
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