Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Erik the Red alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Erik the Red were alive at the same time, from c. AD 950 to 1003.

Ferdowsi was 62 or 63 when Erik the Red died.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Erik the Red

Erik the Red

Norwegian explorer

Born c. AD 950 · died 1003

  1. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  4. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  7. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037

Ferdowsi and Erik the Red 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 Ferdowsi and Erik the Red were born

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