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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.

Long Teaching Module: Cultural Contact in Southern Africa
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The Dance of the Dead
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Ptolemy's World Map
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World Light Map
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Reception of the Envoys from Kandy in Colombo
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Sword of Sieyès
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Francois Guilbeau letter on Loredo trade
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Christopher Columbus monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Batavia Castle
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Photograph, Needleworker
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Copra Production in the Dutch East Indies
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Shell Pendant or Bead from Ecuador
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Alexis de Tocqueville on the French Revolution
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Long Teaching Module: Nationalities and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, 1989-2000
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Neolithic Bone Flutes
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