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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8620224" data-attributes="member: 5142">Yeah. America's approach to "World History" is often taught and framed through a decidely European lens for the vast bulk of it, particularly with a focus on the Anglophonic portions of the British Isles. One does often get non-European history in there in the pre-classical period, primarily focused on Mesopotamia and the Levant, but once you hit ancient Greece and Rome? It's mostly all Euro-centric history from then on out. We learn about the settlement of England by the Anglo-Saxons, the Danelaw, the unification of England, the Norman Conquest, the War of the Roses, etc. We are even taught to root for the English at Agincourt. The shift to "American history" really only begins with the age of exploration and colonization, with 18th century conflicts such as the Seven Years War framed as the more American-centric "the French and Indian War." But it's not like we ignore the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars or everything after it just because the USA is no longer part of the United Kingdom. Even post-revolution, our framed viewpoint into European history tends to be British.A lot of the myths, legends, and literature Americans are most familiar with comes from this Anglophonic sphere. We grow up learning English nursery rhymes, tales, and legends. We read the gamut of English lit in schools, often covering classics across a broad range of time periods like Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare, and Milton. How would a British reading list or history curriculum compare to what we are taught in schools?</blockquote>

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