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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.

Female Terracotta Figure
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The Philosophy of History
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The School Journal, 1907 - [Magazine]
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Marco Polo’s Travels
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Tu'i Tonga Empire Map
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GDP in Eastern Europe: 1980-1989
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Division with an Early Modern Counting Board
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Short Teaching Module: Orphans and Colonialism (17th c.)
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Napoleon Is Unable to Digest Leipzig
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Altar from the Classic Maya Period
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Map of the Partition of Israel and Palestine
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The Sugar Mill
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Femmes Nicaragua
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The Great Man
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Claude Antoine Rozet Paintings
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