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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.

Invoice of goods shipped from New Orleans to Matamoros, Mexico in 1847
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Inside the Decisive Network
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Ptolemy's World Map
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Lady Florentia Sale Diary
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Sanitarium Weet-Bix Packet
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Analyzing Material Objects
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Primer: Gender in World History
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Museo Regional de Oriente
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Source Collection: Paris and the Politics of Rebellion
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Soviet Nationalities Map, 1989
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Ideal ration recipe
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"To the Spirits of Camila O'Gorman"
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Louis XVI distributes aid to the Poor
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Map and Population Table for British Gambia, 1915-1918
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A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: A Look at History and Popular Culture
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