Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Mansa Musa alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Mansa Musa were alive at the same time, from c. 1280 to 1324.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

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

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

Marco Polo 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 Marco Polo and Mansa Musa were born

Marco Polo and Mansa Musa are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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