Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire.
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The Short Version
Authoritative histories place teaching at Oxford by 1096 and the university’s development in the late 1100s, while the Aztec Empire is generally dated from 1325 or, more narrowly, 1428. Even using Oxford’s later documentary milestones, Oxford still predates the empire by decades to centuries.
Caveats
Oxford has no single official founding date; sources distinguish early teaching around 1096 from later institutional development.
“Aztec Empire” can mean the Mexica center at Tenochtitlan from 1325 or the Triple Alliance imperial phase from 1428.
The claim stays accurate under either common dating framework, but exact dates depend on how “existed” and “empire” are defined.