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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.

Shiva as the Lord of Dance
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The Cathedral of Buenos Aires
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The Bayeux Tapestry
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Memoir of William Ruschenberger
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"We can stop this Makapuu madness!"
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Posada Broadsheet
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Rights of Man
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A Mother's Power
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Minecraft Education
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Gulhane Proclamation
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Photograph of Fatima the Moroccan
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Portrait of Hernán Cortés
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AAAS Defends Edward Condon from HUAC, 1948
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Soviet Nationalities Map, 1989
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Navigational Charts Based on Those Used by Zheng He
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