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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.

Source Collection: The Enlightenment and Human Rights
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Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic
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Misión Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña
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In Search of Glory: Bonaparte’s Bulletins
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Vending Machine
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Treaties Between the VOC and the Spice Islands
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"To the Spirits of Camila O'Gorman"
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Long Teaching Module: Economies in Transition in Eastern Europe, 1970-1990
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Misión Nuestro Señora de la Soledad
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Syllabus: Women and Gender in World History, 600-2000
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Fourteenth-Century Chinese Dragon
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Le Bon, The Psychology of Revolution
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Germaine de Staël, A French Writer Exiled by Napoleon
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National Museum of Asian Art
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Short Teaching Module: Roman Children’s Sarcophagi
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