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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.

Soviet Nationalities Map, 1989
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Video: Indian Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree
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Artwork by Calixto MamanĂ­
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Middle Passage
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
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Buddha Sheltered by a Naga
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Rights of Man
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 2
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Short Teaching Module: Translation and a World History of the Qing Empire
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Malleus Maleficarum, Witch Hunter Manual
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Visualizing Energy:
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Short Teaching Module: Christianity and Slavery in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1480s-1520s
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Cartoon about the Ottoman Empire
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Oath of the New Horaces
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Long Teaching Module: Cultural Contact in Southern Africa
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