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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.

The Good Sans–Culotte
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Misión San Ildefonso
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Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French
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Norma Rae: Depicting Women's Labor History through Film
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 3
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Long Teaching Module: Women and Empire
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Health Ordinances of Pistoia, 1348
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Long Teaching Module: Gender and Health in Latin America, 1980-2010
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Remains of Christopher Colombus
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Laws of Manu
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Perdita Manuscripts
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British Liberty Tree
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The High-Caste Hindu Woman
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Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai
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London's Bill of Mortality
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