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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.

Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo
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Mexico Cartoon, 1846
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Napoleon Is Unable to Digest Leipzig
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Coffee Production in the Dutch East Indies
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A Naval Encounter between Dutch and Spanish Warships
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M. Cornelius Statius
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The Red Shoes
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Nutmeg and the Spice Wars in Southeast Asia
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Puerto Rican Labor Movement and the 1940 Census
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Short Teaching Module: Christianity and Slavery in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1480s-1520s
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Age of Menarche in Norway
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Balzac’s The Chouans
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The Taoist Priest of Lao-Shan
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Hicky's Bengal Gazette
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Misión San Cayetano de Tumacácori
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