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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.

Portrait of Francisco López de Solís
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Women Writers Project
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National World War II Museum
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Excerpt from Courrier of Avignon
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African Studies Center
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Triumph of Napoleon, First Consul
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Map of the Partition of Israel and Palestine
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John Smith's Map of Virginia 1624
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Misión San Rafael Arcángel
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Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai
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Chinese Migrants to U.S. by way of Mexico
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Japanese Mercenaries and the Dutch East India Company
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Peter Kolb Travel Narrative 2
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Source Collection: Women and the Revolution
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Short Teaching Module: Race, Gender, and Transnational Histories of Solidarity
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