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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.

Sympathy
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Bonaparte and Islam
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Foot Binding
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Edward Waring on Assafœtida as medicine in India
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New Zealand, Maoris at Their Talking House
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"The Problems of Third World Development"
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Ha’amonga ‘a Maui in Tonga
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Short Teaching Module: Connecting Local and Global History via Mercantile Networks
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Shell Pendant or Bead from Ecuador
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Vulgarly Called the Wanton
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Germany: Memories of a Nation
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Oath of the New Horaces
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Letter from the Nicaraguan embassy
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New Netherland Institute
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Painting of Imelda Marcos, Philippine First Lady
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