History
Is Oxford University older than the Aztec Empire?
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. Teaching at Oxford is documented from 1096; the Aztec Triple Alliance was formed in 1428.
Source: University of Oxford; Smith, The Aztecs (2012).
Context
Teaching at Oxford is documented from 1096. The Aztec Triple Alliance, the political form usually called the Aztec Empire, was formed in 1428. That is more than three centuries of lectures before the empire existed.
The comparison lands because people file "Aztec" under ancient history and "Oxford" under the present. In fact the empire lasted less than a century before the Spanish conquest, while Oxford is still enrolling students.
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