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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.

Renunciation case against Gertrudis de Escobar, Mexico, 1659
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Buddha Sheltered by a Naga
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Workers’ Celebration
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Louis Leaves His Family
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The Dance of the Dead
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"The Song of the End": The Whole World Now Chases Him
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Short Teaching Module: Remembering Tiananmen Square
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Rights of Man
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Stonewall Jackson monument removal, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution
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Primer: Technology
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An Ottoman “Bill of Rights”
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The Saving of France
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Printed Cloth of the Directory and Napoleon
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Caribbean Sea Migration Collection
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