Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Orhan alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Orhan were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1281 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 26 when Orhan was born.

Orhan was 42 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

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

Orhan

Orhan

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 6 February 1281 · died March 1362, aged 81

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Marco Polo and Orhan 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 Orhan were born

Marco Polo and Orhan are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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