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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.

Victorian Popular Culture
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Maya Monument with glyphs, 4th-9th centuries
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Long Teaching Module: Economies in Transition in Eastern Europe, 1970-1990
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Census of England, 1891
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Chinese Troops during the Xinhai Revolution
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Early Modern Dutch and English Propaganda
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Coca Bag
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Excerpt from The History of Mary Prince
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Cecil Rhodes monument, Cape Town, South Africa
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Mexico Cartoon, 1846
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Mirabai 2
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Mercator Projection, Eurasia Centered
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Artwork by Calixto MamanĂ­
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Mencius and his Mother: A Lesson Drawn from Weaving
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Bonaparte, First Consul, Putting Away His Sword after the General Peace
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