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Were Meister Eckhart and Ibn Battuta alive at the same time?

Yes. Meister Eckhart and Ibn Battuta were alive at the same time, from 1304 to c. 1328.

Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart

German philosopher and theologian

Born c. 1260 · died c. 1328

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Explorer

Born 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368

  1. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  2. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  3. Meister Eckhart, c. 1260 – c. 1328
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  6. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  7. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Meister Eckhart and Ibn Battuta 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 Meister Eckhart and Ibn Battuta were born

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