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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.

Inside a Revolutionary Committee during the Reign of Terror
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Photographs from the Papal Visit of 1987
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Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Misión San Elizario
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Quebec Order, 7 July 1796
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Middle Passage
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The Mercator Projection
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Stonewall Jackson monument removal, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Remarks on Chinese Character and Customs
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Short Teaching Unit: The Omani Empire and the Center of the Emerging Global Economy, 1500-1850
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Short Teaching Module: Music and Decolonization in the Black Atlantic
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Advertisement for Sale of Newly Arrived Africans
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The True Woman
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Edward Waring on Assafœtida as medicine in India
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