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Do you ever realize you don't learn the same history as other countries?

About 70% of our history books in Norway are about Norwegian/Norse history, different vikings and old Norse kings, the like. Most of our history classes covered stuff that I'm certain other countries would never learn unless they searched it up specifically.

We are also taught that the first European to discover America was Leif Eriksson, while it seems the US learns that it's Christopher Columbus... 🤔

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katielass · F

yeah, here in the US we used to learn US history, your state history and then world history in separate classes. I believe they are not teaching the Christopher Columbus discovery thing anymore but then I don't think they're teaching them much of anything anymore.