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Total War and the Ottoman Empire
Using Ottoman primary sources to teach total war
British Justifications for Colonizing Southeast Asia
Teaching how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia
Visualizing the Causes of the First World War
Teaching the causes of the First World War with maps and illustrations
“You Will Have Liberty and Justice”: Teaching the Origins of the Mexican Revolution
Using Ricardo Flores Magón to Teach the Mexican Revolution
“Restore China to the Chinese”: Teaching the 1911 Chinese Xinhai Revolution
Teaching the 1911 Chinese Revolution
“These People Have the Cream of the Trade”: Gujaratis’ Continued Influence after the Arrival of Europeans
The Portuguese acknowledged the continued dominance of Gujarati traders
“A Very Pleasant Game”: Teaching the South Asian Cultural Mosaic with Snakes & Ladders
Teaching the diversity of South Asia through Snakes and Ladders
“We Decreed by Law”: Regulating the Slave Trade in Sixteenth-Century Kongo
Teaching how the rulers of Kongo regulated the slave trade
“Set this Chessboard and its Pieces Before Your Most Learned Men”: Teaching Chess and the Games of World History
Teaching Afroeurasian exchange using chess
“Walk by the Ancient Customs of the Port”: Limits on English Trade in India in the 1600s
In the 1600s, the English EIC adapted more than conquered
