Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Vladimir the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Vladimir the Great were alive at the same time, from c. AD 956 to 1015.

Ferdowsi was 75 when Vladimir the Great died.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Vladimir the Great

Vladimir the Great

Monarch

Born c. AD 956 · died 15 July 1015

  1. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  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 Vladimir the Great 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 Vladimir the Great were born

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