Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Alexios I Komnenos alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Alexios I Komnenos were alive at the same time, from 1045–1051 to 1118.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Alexios I Komnenos

Alexios I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor

Born 1048 · died 15 August 1118, aged 69 or 70

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  4. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  6. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  8. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200

Omar Khayyam and Alexios I Komnenos 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 Omar Khayyam and Alexios I Komnenos were born

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