Wow, thank you so much for these responses! They're way more than I dreamed of getting. This clears a lot up... and I've been suffering writer's block lately, and this is really helpful in getting me back out of that :)

Do most Finnish people learn this stuff in university, or did you take a more specialized course? In Korea it is uncommon to take courses out of one's main major, so my boyfriend wants to know if it is typical for a philosophy major like you to take courses in ancient history :)