Who Was Alive

Were Anna Komnene and Averroes alive at the same time?

Yes. Anna Komnene and Averroes were alive at the same time, from 1126 to 1151–1156.

Anna Komnene was 42 when Averroes was born.

Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene

Historian

Born 1 December 1083 · died 1151–1156

Averroes

Averroes

Writer and philosopher

Born 14 April 1126 · died 10 December 1198, aged 72

  1. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  3. Anna Komnene, 1083 – c. 1154
  4. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  5. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  6. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  7. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  8. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226

Anna Komnene and Averroes in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Anna Komnene and Averroes were born

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