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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.

Long Teaching Module: Caribbean Seafaring in the Archaic Age (2000-400 BC)
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Brochure for the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition / Charleston Exposition, 1901-1902
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Departure of the Three Orders for Versailles
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Ethnic Groups in Yugoslavia
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Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
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Day of Saint-Cloud
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Coin minted by Constantine
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Tracing Canoe Pathways in the Lesser Antilles, 2000 BE - 400 BC
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Laws of Manu
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Bhakti Poets: Poem, Mirabai 3
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Lady of the Bridge, Tale of Genji Painting Scroll
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Victorian Popular Culture
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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture A Native of Africa
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The Foreign Travels and Dangerous Voyages of Sir John Mandeville, 14th Century
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Construction drawing of a social housing high-rise in Duchère
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