Today I started reading/teaching "The Story of the World" History for the Classical Child, by Susan Wise Bauer. I had bought this book a year back. I read all the three volumes I bought. It was very good.
Only now I had got a chance to start them for my Kids.
I liked the sequence of this History text (not very elaborate, very simple language and requisite information).
I remembered the way I learnt History in India.
Again and again I read only about Chandragupta Mourya, Ashoka, Harsha, the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, Hoyasalas, Vijayanagar, Mughals, Shershah, Allaudin Khilji, The British East India Company and all, I still don't remember who were earlier than the other.

In my 9th grade I remember reading about Confucius, Lao Tzu, Roman Empire ... and all. I neither liked nor disliked History then.

Now my views are different, it is very much necessary to be aware of silly events in the World which changed the views of the World.