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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.

The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French
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Ptolemy's World Map
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Church Missionary Society Periodicals
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Mercator Projection
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Removal of the Parlements
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Nautical Chart, 1385
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National Academy of Sciences objects to political persecution of Condon, 1948
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In Search of Glory: Bonaparte’s Bulletins
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Source Collection: Women and the Revolution
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Portón de Campo
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Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate
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OECS Treaty Publication Fragments
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Short Teaching Module: Play in Tokugawa Japan
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StoryMapJS: Maps that Tell Stories
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Norma Rae: Depicting Women's Labor History through Film
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