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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.

Mausoleum of José de San Martín
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Misión San José de Laguna
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Cold War Europe Military Alliances Map
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Two Girls Carrying Children
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"The Problems of Third World Development"
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Gold Solidus of Justinian I (527–65)
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Sati Handprints
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Japanese Mercenaries and the Dutch East India Company
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Rajah Rammohun Roy Excerpts
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Pound Homestead
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Primer: Global Microhistory
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Cueva de los Manos, Rio Pinturas
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Short Teaching Module: Science, Technology, and the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex during the Cold War
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Somoza cartoon
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Social Housing development in France
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