Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Yaroslav the Wise alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Yaroslav the Wise were alive at the same time, from AD 978 to c. 1020.

Ferdowsi was 37 or 38 when Yaroslav the Wise was born.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Yaroslav the Wise

Yaroslav the Wise

Politician

Born AD 978 · died 20 February 1054, aged 75 or 76

  1. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  4. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  5. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  6. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  7. Yaroslav the Wise, AD 978 – 1054
  8. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  9. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131

Ferdowsi and Yaroslav the Wise 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 Yaroslav the Wise were born

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