In Ontario you take one mandatory history course in High school about Canadian history, and then there's tons of optional ones. I took two western world (see Europe) history courses, one dealing with Mesopotamia (Like Sumer and Babylon) through Middle Ages, and the other going from the Middle Ages through WWII.
I think Napoleon was like 2-3 weeks of classes worth alone. Probably didn't hurt that he was the teacher's favourite topic.
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