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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 Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan
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Business contract between Richard P. Waters and his Omani-Zanzibari trading partner, Esau bin Abdul Rahman
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Studying for the mother country, 1986
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Zoomorphic Figure from Papua New Guinea
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African Studies Center
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Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
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Short Teaching Module: Cultural Exchange Before Modern Times
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Olympic Museum
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Louis XVI and His Family (20 January 1793)
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Misión Santa Inés
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Primer: Oceans
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Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 2
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Syllabus: Women and Gender in World History, 600-2000
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Lila-Pilipina Brochure
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