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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.

Artwork by Calixto Mamaní
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Syllabus: Women and Gender in World History, 600-2000
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Pacific Culture Areas Map
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The Ethics of Christianity and Confucianism Compared
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Shipping Company Route Map from 1889
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Map of the Union Pacific Railway
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Misión San Rafael Arcángel
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Short Teaching Module: Examining Early Genoese Voyages through Maps
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Long Teaching Module: The Collapse of Yugoslavia
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Remains of Christopher Colombus
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Misión San Gregorio de Abó
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Chilean Consul Writes of Immigrants Seeking to Avoid Military Service, 1865
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Padrão
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Misión Santa Clara de Asís
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Vulgarly Called the Wanton
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