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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: Nationalities and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, 1989-2000
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Excerpt from Memoirs by Catharina Schrader
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Excerpt from "A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689"
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Primer: Transnational Mobility and State Formation
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The Ancient History of the Maori
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Short Teaching Module: Agricultural Knowledge in the Late Nineteenth Century
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Short Teaching Module: Chinese Propaganda Posters
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The Times of India Masthead
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Kaichi and Mitsuke Schools
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Gold Solidus of Justinian I (527–65)
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Louis XVI, King of the French, born 23 August 1754.
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Tyranny Tremble
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Primer: Rewriting of Sub-Saharan African History
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Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo
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Meroitic Script
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