What, if any, pre-WWII US history did you learn in school?

We had two separate subjects: History of Ukraine and World History. Both started from prehistoric humans, Paleolithic, Neolithic eras, two hypotheses of where the humans come from. Creationism is described in 1 paragraph, the rest is about evolution, monkeys, archeology, primitive tools, hunters and gatherers.

Then come first civilizations, Sumer and Akkad, Egypt, the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture for Ukraine, Moldova and Romania (the territories).

Then other ancient civilizations, Greece, Rome. In History of Ukraine, we learned about first Slavic tribes, Kyivan Rus and so on.

World history was mostly focused on Europe, but also prominent countries like China, India, the middle east, their culture, religions.

After Kyivan Rus, Ukraine is taught as fragmented territories within other states in historical context.

Anyway, I remember writing a long reply on our school history curriculum from 5th to 11th grade. Don't feel like repeating it.

The USA is mentioned as a European colony, and then - in the context of world wars and the Cold war.

The XX century is obviously very detailed: two world wars, empires vanish, countries change their borders. Before WWII we learned about its premises.

It's actually weird to me that other countries don't learn much world history and only focus on themselves and WWII.

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