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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 Crushed Aristocracy
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Census Protest for Women's Suffrage
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Gold dinar depicting Caliph Abd al-Malik
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The Children of Edward Holden Cruttenden
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Francois Guilbeau letter on Loredo trade
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Women’s Work for Woman
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Primer: Imperialism
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Britain pressures U.S. to revoke citizenship of Indian activist
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Business contract between Richard P. Waters and his Omani-Zanzibari trading partner, Esau bin Abdul Rahman
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Tu'i Tonga Empire Map
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Gulhane Proclamation
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Misión Nuestra Señora del Refugio
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Game of the Great Men, Minot the Elder
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Stonewall Jackson monument removal, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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