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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.

People Reading the Gazette
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The Cathedral of Buenos Aires
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Short Teaching Module: Sick Men in Mid-Nineteenth-Century International Relations
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Susanna and the Elders
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Short Teaching Module: Spatial Histories of Law, Race and Empire
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A letter from U.S. President Andrew Jackson to the Senate Dated Washington, May 30, 1834
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Divorce in the Soviet Union
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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The Bayeux Tapestry
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Source Collection: Women and the Revolution
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Pathfinder Warrant
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Manifest Record from the S.S. Atenas
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Amrita Sher-Gil: Young Girls, Group of Three Girls
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Old Mission Santa Barbara
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Japanese Mercenaries and the Dutch East India Company
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