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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.

Solidarity Election Poster, “High Noon, 4 June 1989”
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Cartoon about the Ottoman Empire
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Short Teaching Module: Chinese Propaganda Posters
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Primer: Transcultural History
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Mexicana: A Repository of Cultural Patrimony in Mexico
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The Gall-Peters Projection
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Festival of National Unity, 14 July 1939
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Buddha Sheltered by a Naga
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Pestle Finial from Papua New Guinea
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Mausoleum of José de San Martín
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Calendar from Cham manuscript, early 20th century
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Making Peace with the Catholic Church, 1801–2
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History of Pre-Modern Math
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Noticias de Portugal
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Bird Stone Figure from Papua New Guinea
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