Oxford's Ancient Origins Oxford University started teaching students in 1096. The Inca Empire began around 1400 AD. Oxford had been educating people for 300 years first. Medieval students studied there before Machu Picchu existed. The university survived Viking raids and Norman conquests. Inca civilization rose and fell during Oxford's middle age. Some institutions outlast entire empires.
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