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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.

Through Me You Are All Brothers
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Excerpt from Ledyard's Journal
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Ark (Wooden Chest with Iron Locks)
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Social Capital in World History: Lyon and Pittsburgh as Examples
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Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home
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Salisbury Crags
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Louis XVI, King of the French, born 23 August 1754.
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“Africae Novo” Map
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The Whole Duty of Woman
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Drug Abuse is Suicide
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Auction
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The Children of Edward Holden Cruttenden
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Short Teaching Module: Global Approaches to Maritime Trade in Colonial North America
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Louis XVI and His Family (20 January 1793)
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1996 New Zealand Census Information
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