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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.

Mexican Newspaper Reports on American Women Crossing the Border
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Islamic Carpet made in Ottoman Turkey at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Obelisk of Buenos Aires
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Egyptian Mummy Coffin
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Maya Drinking Vessel with Seated Lord, 7th-8th century
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Congress of Vienna
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The Batavia Castle
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Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo
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"Resolutely support the just struggle of the American Blacks!" Propaganda Poster, 1963
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Edward Waring on Assafœtida as medicine in India
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Map of Europe, 1918
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Christopher Columbus monument removal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Source Collection: Slavery and the Haitian Revolution
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Leisure, Travel and Mass Culture – The History of Tourism
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Misión San Francisco de Solano
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