University of Oxford History.

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

It is built (or at least the first Higher Education Teachings took place) in 1096. Rightly placed within the scope of classic Sid Meier's Civilization series' 'Education Tech'. which it is of High Middle Ages. And in general, a tech that enables University building in all Civ games.

University of Oxford - Wikipedia

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As a Wonder however, it is always associated with Industrial Revolutions of 18th Century. as per gameplay of Civ 5-7. You can only build University of Oxford at the very beginning of Industrial Era (or Modern Age in Civ7).

Oxford University

Oxford University is a wonder in the Civilization games. Oxford University is not present in (or the article has not been created for) the following games : It has been confirmed that Oxford University is not present in the following games : This is a disambiguation page used to differentiate...

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What is the reasons why Oxford is permanently matched with The Enlightenment and Eve of Industrial Revolution as per Firaxis's understandings? while the actual univ itself is seven or eight centuries older. even older than Sir Isaac Newton himself. (Before Civ4 the wonder was called Sir Isaac Newton's University. and it can be built with 'Theory of Gravity' advancements (itself no longer a tech name).

 

[Marla_Singer]

In Europe, universities in the academic sense only took shape between the 13th and 15th centuries with the Italian Renaissance. Earlier, the Islamic world had centres of higher learning like Baghdad, Cairo and Córdoba, preserving and expanding scientific and philosophical knowledge. The real inspiration for later universities lies there.

Universities in Civ games relate more to the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century (Galileo, Descartes, Leibniz, Newton...). As for “founded in 1096” about Oxford, that’s marketing. It wasn’t a major academic centre until centuries later.