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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.

Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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The Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan
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Short Teaching Module: Childhood and Transatlantic Slavery
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Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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From John Bartholomew, Literary and historical atlas of America
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Fertility and Abortion in Czechoslovakia, 1950-2005
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U.S. targets Indian activist, Taraknath Das
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Sword Hilt with Revolutionary Icons—Liberty
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Children and Toys
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Short Teaching Module: Remembering Tiananmen Square
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Oath of the New Horaces
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Newspaper Coverage of Pearl Harbor Bombing
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Sorghaghtani Beki and Tolui
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Short Teaching Module: Translation and a World History of the Qing Empire
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Islamic Carpet made in Safavid Iran
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