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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.

Javanese Gamelan
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Louis XVI distributes aid to the Poor
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Southern Manchuria Railway (1906-1945)
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Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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The Natural History of a Chinese Girl
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Cat (Korean Children's Story)
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Marshall Islands stick chart
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Analyzing Primary Sources on the History of Children & Youth
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The Dance of the Dead
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Festival of Supreme Being
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His Monument: Napoleon's Past and Future Are FIlled With Dead Bodies
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De Tente en el Aire y Mulata, Albarrasado
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Nutmeg and the Spice Wars in Southeast Asia
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Remains of the Stargate Canoe
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M. Cornelius Statius
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