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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.

Shiva as the Lord of Dance
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Temple of Vespasian altar
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Debris of the French Army Returning to the Fatherland
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Primer: Transnational History
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Inside the Decisive Network
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Mission San Xavier del Bac
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Femmes Nicaragua
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The Trabant
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Map of Land Grant for Cornell University, 1877
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Newspaper Article Promoting the Pan-African Congress
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Solidarity Election Flier, “How to vote for Solidarity in Żoliborz”
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London Newspaper
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Ashokan Pillar with a Single-Lion Capital at Vaishali, India
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Gin Lane (1751)
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