Teaching at England's University of Oxford was already underway more than two centuries before the Aztec Empire began.
Records confirm teaching at Oxford as early as 1096 CE, whereas the Aztecs founded their capital Tenochtitlan in 1325 CE and formed their formal empire in 1428 CE.
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Quick Guess: Roughly how much earlier did Oxford start teaching before Tenochtitlan was founded?
Verified Answer: Over 200 years earlier
Quiz Question: Roughly how much earlier did Oxford start teaching before Tenochtitlan was founded?
Correct Answer: Over 200 years earlier
Teaching at Oxford dates to 1096 CE, over two centuries before Tenochtitlan's founding in 1325 CE.
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