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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.

Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel
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Patience and Power by Susan Davis
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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Video: Boy Scouts at 1929 World Jamboree Perform as Native Americans
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Misión San Fernando Rey de España
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“Maori Girls School”
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Remarks on Chinese Character and Customs
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Islamic Carpet made in Safavid Iran
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Photograph of "Principal Chiefs" from West Africa
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Rajah Rammohun Roy Excerpts
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Chinese Junk, early 18th century
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Ship Plan of a Late-19th Century Steamship
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Mazzini on Revolutionary Nationalism
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Chamber of Commerce Newspaper from Guangzhouwan, China
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Long Teaching Module: Women in the British Empire, 1800-2000
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