Who Was Alive

Were Sei Shōnagon and Avicenna alive at the same time?

Yes. Sei Shōnagon and Avicenna were alive at the same time, from AD 977–983 to c. 1025.

Sei Shōnagon

Sei Shōnagon

Japanese writer

Born c. AD 966 · died c. 1025

Avicenna

Avicenna

Polymath and physician

Born AD 977–983 · died 18 June 1037

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  3. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  4. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  5. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  6. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  7. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

Sei Shōnagon and Avicenna 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 Sei Shōnagon and Avicenna were born

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