Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Mansa Musa alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Mansa Musa were alive at the same time, from c. 1280 to 1321.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa

Mansa

Born c. 1280 · died 1337

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406

Dante Alighieri and Mansa Musa 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 Dante Alighieri and Mansa Musa were born

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