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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.

Remains of Christopher Colombus
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Women and Stalinism: Quantitative Evidence, Women's Education
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Making Peace with the Catholic Church, 1801–2
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Tags and Throws on a SoHo Side Street
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Lisbon Port Entry List for Colonial American Ships, 1771
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Long Teaching Module: Children in the Slave Trade
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The Philosophy of History
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History of NATO Expansion Map
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Mounted Mongol Warriors
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Short Teaching Module: Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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"The Problems of Third World Development"
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Short Teaching Module: Global Approaches to Maritime Trade in Colonial North America
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Sewing Classes at Mount Margaret Mission
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Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves
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