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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.

Sword Hilt with Revolutionary Icons—Liberty
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Through Me You Are All Brothers
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Teaching LGBTQ History
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Triumph of Napoleon, First Consul
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Ashokan Pillar with a Single-Lion Capital at Vaishali, India
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Misión San Francisco de Solano
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Disciplining Children in the Codex Mendoza
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Mission San Xavier del Bac
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Map of the Travels of Xuanzang (629 AD - 645 AD) Journey to the West
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Short Teaching Module: Building Materials as an Indicator of Transnational Encounters in Malaysia
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Cold War Europe Military Alliances Map
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The Mercator Projection
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Lisbon Port Entry List for Colonial American Ships, 1771
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Torture in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque
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