Whoa, I think you fail to understand my point behind that statement. I'm not complaining about having to learn U.S. history, I happen to think we have quite a breadth of historical happenings worth covering (for the mere 300 or so years of official U.S. existence- which I did note as being SOLID history) I just don't feel that enough options are available for those who want to study other cultures, and was merely stating my frustration in finding classes about Asian history in particular, and to a lesser degree medieval European history. Living in New Hampshire, my research of state colleges has led me to find only two that really offer much in the way of Eastern History, UNH's main campus in Durham (which I'm not exactly a hop skip and jump away from, add to that fact money is tight for me, and probably will be for some time, making dorm residence rather unfeasable) and Dartmouth College, which is an Ivy League school, and is therefore out of my reach due to less than satisfactory high school performance. While I'm not a fan of Massachusetts, I can guarantee you there is a great deal more options there. Perhaps it is a percent game? There are more schools in Mass, so naturally there will be more offering what I'm looking for. However, tuition rates for attending college in one's own state are hard to turn down.
And I agree wholeheartedly in the regards to the realm of advancements fielded by the Chinese in particular. However, I think it is interesting to note, that Sir Isaac Newton is generally credited as being the "inventor" of calculus, with several of the initial principles having been set in place by the Greeks, Archimedes in particular. This is the teaching of "Western" history, which is why I think it is just as important to have available Eastern history as well, to help provide more angles on the same point. I have little doubt that calculus was perhaps already in use by the Chinese when it was credited to western thinkers.