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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.

Kasai Velvet, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Rockefeller Foundation Report Concerning the Yellow Fever Vaccine
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Long Teaching Module: Sati
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Progression of Napoleon’s Life
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Adding and Subtracting with an Early Modern Counting Board
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Early Modern Ottoman Carpet at the Walters Art Museum
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The Obelisk of Buenos Aires
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Wagner's Ride of the Valkyrie
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1996 New Zealand Census Information
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Vending Machine
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Laws of Manu
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Ayyubid and Ottoman Architecture
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GDP in Yugoslavia: 1980-1989
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Short Teaching Module: Science, Technology, and the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex during the Cold War
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Slave Auction
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