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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.

Sati Handprints
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Fourteenth-Century Chinese Dragon
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The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
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Moai on Easter Island
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Seventeenth Century Metal Helmet
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Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Learning and Research
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Map of Ichan Qala
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Primer: Comparative History
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"To the Spirits of Camila O'Gorman"
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World History Encyclopedia
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Long Teaching Module: Cultural Contact in Southern Africa
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Hagia Sophia
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Rockefeller Foundation Report Concerning the Yellow Fever Vaccine
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Tomb of General Juan Lavalle
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Economic Declaration of Nonaligned Countries
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