Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Ibn Taymiyya alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Ibn Taymiyya were alive at the same time for 60 or 61 years, from 1262–1263 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 8 or 9 when Ibn Taymiyya was born.

Ibn Taymiyya was 60 or 61 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Ibn Taymiyya

Ibn Taymiyya

Islamic jurist and scholar

Born 1262–1263 · died 1327–1328, aged 64 or 65

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Ibn Taymiyya, c. 1263 – c. 1328
  5. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Marco Polo and Ibn Taymiyya 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 Marco Polo and Ibn Taymiyya were born

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