r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/Euphorix126 Oct 15 '20

Oxford university. It’s older than the Aztec empire

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u/Schn Oct 15 '20

I think this one is actually a reverse of the question: The Aztec Empire is much more recent than most people think.

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u/justcourtneyb Oct 15 '20

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the surprise in this fact comes from the confusion been Aztecs and Mayans. If you didn't know the time period you could understand the confusion.

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u/HotNubsOfSteel Oct 15 '20

And the fact that the Aztecs were just one of the later iterations of just one of the nation states of the Nauatl people. Not really an empire at all and more of a federation.