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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.

Ottoman Decree Regarding Protestants, 1850
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Short Teaching Module: Music and Decolonization in the Black Atlantic
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Minecraft Education
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"How Some Children Played at Slaughtering"
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Misión San Francisco de Asís
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The Gall-Peters Projection
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Archeological Collection of the Gold Museums
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A Mother's Power
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Huaca Pucllana, Ancient Pyramid in Peru
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Rivalry Between English and Dutch East India Companies
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Bill of Lading of a ship from Piscataqua to Bilbao in Spain, 1721
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Meiji Japan
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Short Teaching Module: History of the Pacific Ocean
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Portón de Campo
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Louis the Sixteenth, King of France and of Navarre
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