It definitely can be. often it depends on how it's taught, ( I happen to have an amazing teacher) But if you think about how ingenious the idea of democracy was, and how out of the blue it emerged in athens, and how awesome hannibal was when he crossed the alps with full war elephants... Sorry...
History. ( I'm middle school, 7th grade)
I just love feudal japan and mediterranean sea history. Pelopponesian war anyone? ( Is spelled pelopponesian wrong)