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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.

Cartoon Mocking British Policy toward India, 1788
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Soviet Map, 1982
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The Exorcism: Ridding France of the Devil Napoleon
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Burning the Guardhouse on the Pont Neuf
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Wooden Triptych
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Long Teaching Module: Caribbean Seafaring in the Archaic Age (2000-400 BC)
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New Zealand, Maoris at Their Talking House
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"On Scarlet Fever"
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Long Teaching Module: Women and Empire
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Rights of Man
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The Secret of England's Greatness
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Calendar from Cham manuscript, early 20th century
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"Resolutely support the just struggle of the American Blacks!" Propaganda Poster, 1963
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Bar Miztvah
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Malleus Maleficarum, Witch Hunter Manual
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