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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.

The Butcher Shop, Warsaw
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Soviet Nationalities Map, 1989
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Altar from the Classic Maya Period
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Showa Steelworks in Anshan (Northeast China)
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Letter to Council Women
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Auction
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Foot Binding
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Reception of the Envoys from Kandy in Colombo
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Little Women, "Amy's Valley of Humiliation"
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Shopping queue in Wrocław
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M. Cornelius Statius
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Shipping Company Route Map from 1889
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Festival of National Unity, 14 July 1939
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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The Great Heroism of the Nineteenth Century
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