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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 Cathedral of Buenos Aires
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Ark (Wooden Chest with Iron Locks)
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Leon Trotsky, The Permanent Revolution
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“Entrando a la plaza” by Pedro Figari
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Map of Land Grant for New Zealand University, 1873
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Camila O'Gorman
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Map and Population Table for British Gambia, 1915-1918
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The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute
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Short Teaching Module: Christianity and Slavery in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1480s-1520s
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Misión San Francisco de Asís
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The Jingban tianwen quantu Map of the World
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Day of Saint-Cloud
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Infant Mortality: Eastern Europe: 1970-1989
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Reception of the Envoys from Kandy in Colombo
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Ge'ez Script
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