• @Huffkin@feddit.uk
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    102 years ago

    Oxford University is older than the Aztec empire.

    Oxford University founded in 1326, Aztec empire ~1428-1521

    • @tristophe@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      Don’t mean to pick, but Oxford was founded in 1096 and Cambridge in 1209.

      I worked for cambridge in 2009 and got a nice little 800 year badge

    • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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      12 years ago

      And some of the colleges of Oxford University are older than the university. Merton College was founded in 1264.

    • @Gnubeutel@feddit.de
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      02 years ago

      Wait, you’re saying that the Aztec empire was just 64 years old when Columbus discovered America and ships with conquistadors followed to butcher and enslave everyone?

        • @Erk@cdda.social
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          2 years ago

          There were people there prior to the Aztec empire conquering them. The Aztec empire is just a specific government that ruled the area at that specific time.

          The Napoleonic empire, for comparison, only lasted 1804-1815 (with a hole in the middle).