Who Was Alive

Were Sviatoslav I and Ibn al-Haytham alive at the same time?

Yes. Sviatoslav I and Ibn al-Haytham were alive at the same time, from c. AD 965 to AD 972.

Sviatoslav I

Sviatoslav I

Diplomat

Born c. AD 942 · died AD 972

Ibn al-Haytham

Ibn al-Haytham

Physicist and mathematician

Born c. AD 965 · died 1039

  1. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  2. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  3. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  4. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  5. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  6. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  8. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  9. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  10. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

Sviatoslav I and Ibn al-Haytham 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 Sviatoslav I and Ibn al-Haytham were born

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