Non-U.S. Dopers: what non-local history and culture do you learn about in school?

Another random OP occasioned by a case I’m working on right now: a nice Indian family who lives on Valhalla Lane. It made me wonder whether they know just how random it is that they are sharing real estate with the ancient Norse pantheon of gods. Now I know Indian culture is chock-full of various divinities, but this just struck me as amusing.

Will they think it’s amusing? Or will they be unfamiliar with the word Valhalla at all? I know my own primary and secondary education in the U.S. included the usual Western Civ from Ancient Rome to the present, and that’s fairly typical in the U.S.; as I went to a rather multicultural primary school, we also learned some things that most American kids don’t, such as various African folktales (thanks to the Kenyan father of a friend of mine, who taught African Studies at a local university and volunteered at my school). I have no idea how common it is in other parts of the U.S. for kids to gain at least a passing acquaintance with Greek or Norse mythology in the public school system.

So non-U.S. Dopers, please share your experiences. Feel free to describe your local history/cultural curriculum, to, especially you all too few non-Western Dopers.