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ELI5: How do old countries outside of the U.S. study their own history?

A normal U.S. history class is able to cover a good amount of history in 1 year since the country is less than 300 years old. However what about the older countries in Europe and Asia? Do they just skip time periods and talk about the important events? How does it work?
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Does Germany count...?

It usually starts with Romans and Germanic tribes, goes on to Charlemagne, if there's time (there never is) so medieval history like crusades and inquisition, what is always dealt with in detail are the French Revolution, (the Napoleonic Wars in less), the German Unification, and of course the Fall of the Weimar Republic. Then rather extensively the Nazi regime and its crimes.

In general, German education, and to a large part history education, follows the "Never again" principle. Never again dictatorship, never again wars of aggression, never again genocide. So the focus on the Nazi regime and the Fall of the Republic is understandable.