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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.

Javanese Gamelan
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National World War II Museum
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Bonaparte, First Consul, Putting Away His Sword after the General Peace
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Misión San Gregorio de Abó
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Source Collection: Paris and the Politics of Rebellion
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Bill of Lading of a ship from Piscataqua to Bilbao in Spain, 1721
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Cold War Europe Military Alliances Map
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World History Encyclopedia
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Balclutha
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Emmerton Letter, 1926
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Short Teaching Module: Grimms' Children's and Household Tales
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Departure of the Three Orders for Versailles
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Debris of the French Army Returning to the Fatherland
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The Jingban tianwen quantu Map of the World
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The landraad in Pati
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