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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.

Least Cost Pathway Analysis Showing Movement Across a Landscape
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The Forced Migration of Enslaved People
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Celebrating Napoleon's Birthday on the Island of St. Helena
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Selden Map
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Lord Kitchener, “Birth of Ghana,” 1957
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Primer: The History of Globalization
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A Mother's Power
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Newspaper Coverage of Pearl Harbor Bombing
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
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AAAS Defends Edward Condon from HUAC, 1948
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The Blood of the Murdered Crying for Vengeance
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Middle Ages for Educators
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Illustration from The Maqamat of al-Hariri
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Cartoon Depicts Debate at Hasting's Impeachment Trial, 1788
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Antifascism and Leftist Politics
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