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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.

Wooden Triptych
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The Gall-Peters Projection
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From John Bartholomew, Literary and historical atlas of America
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Battle of Aboukir
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Moai on Easter Island
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Chinese Migrants to U.S. by way of Mexico
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Women's Union Telegram
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Photograph of "Principal Chiefs" from West Africa
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Hugo, Ninety–Three
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Short Teaching Module: A Human History of Commodities
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The Emperor and the Imperial Guard on the Island of Elba
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Maya Vase with Mythological Scene, 7th-8th century
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Tomoe Gozen
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Source Collection: Pan-Africanism, Anticolonialism and Addressing the Problem of the Global Color Line in the 20th Century
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