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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.

Beautiful Fatima
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Commonwealth of Independent States, Map 1994
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Meiji Era School Attendence
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Woman with Lenin/Stalin Flag
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Devshirme System
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Swaddled Children Terra Cotta Bas-Reliefs
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Construction drawing of a social housing high-rise in Duchère
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Short Teaching Module: Children and Daguerreotypes (19th c.)
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Photograph of Fatima the Moroccan
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Javanese Shadow Puppets
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The Dance of the Dead
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Kant, The Contest of Faculties
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Ashokan Pillar with a Single-Lion Capital at Vaishali, India
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Hugo, Ninety–Three
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Misión San Rafael Arcángel
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