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MMW Primary Sources pdf
Created by UCSD Soc Sci & Humanities Lib to help out with the challenging primary source! It's a 22 page clickable PDF.

Daily Life Through World History in Primary Documents

De Re Militari
This association focuses on the study of warfare in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Their website lists primary sources organized by century that include documents from the Mongol invasion and the fall of Constantinople. They also list other websites with primary sources.

Early English Books Online
This databasecontains virtually every book printed between 1473-1700 in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere. The first book printed in English by William Caxton is included in this dbase.

Empire Online
A collection of primary source documents related to Empire Studies from 1492 to the present. You'll also find thematic essays by leading scholars that relates directly to various primary sources.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
This website has primary sources for a variety of topics like Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the early modern world.

Compendium of Chronicles by Rashiduddin Fazlullah
Translated by W. M. Thackston, this website includes portions of this book that describe the Mongol invasion of the Middle East in the 1250s.

UC Press e-Books
Primary sources can often be found (hyperlinked) in the bibliographies or footnotes of these scholarly e-books.

You can also, try a Google Scholar search with your topic keywords and the word "primary source" in quotations. And, check out these ROGER search tips to find primary sources.