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Originally posted by WillowIX:
In Europe you study the history of Europe (and the world too) whereas we concentrate on North America. Why? Because neither America nor Canada fave had any colonies in Africa or North America. We have never had any major wars on our continent, Europe has had several. So studying history in European schools will enhance the geographical knowledge wonīt it? You canīt read about the colonization without studying North America, Asia and Africa. If you study the 30 year war or the 100 year war you also study European geography etc. And the crusades give you knowledge about the Middle East. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Actually, my two specialisation subjects in history happened to be America in the 20th century and Russia from the last Czar onwards...
Of course the World Wars and numerous other topics were touched upon as well (come to think of it, one was about maps in the Middle Ages, and the knowledge of topography of medieval Man
) but history certainly didn't concentrate on exclusively European topics, far from it! [img]smile.gif[/img]
I don't think it has to do with history so much as it has to do with geography. Like Grojlach (and I suppose like most Dutch people), I was taught world topography in primary school. So most of what I know about the locations of countries stems from that. I think it would be a useful thing to learn for children everywhere, regardless of historical backgrounds. [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 11-22-2002, 06:45 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]