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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.

“Entrando a la plaza” by Pedro Figari
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Primer: Borderlands History
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Sugarcane Workers Strike
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Outward Cargo Manifest of the Rowena, 1841
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Cantino planisphere
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Castillo de Piria
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Division with an Early Modern Counting Board
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Short Teaching Module: Early Modern Islamic Carpets as Transcultural Objects
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Short Teaching Module: Transnational Efforts at Controlling Yellow Fever
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Map of Land Grant for Cornell University, 1877
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Alexander Hamilton on the French Revolution
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Short Teaching Module: Connecting Local and Global History via Mercantile Networks
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Clothing
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Panelaks and Housing Estates
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