Who was alive at the same time
History rarely teaches us in horizontal slices. We learn the Plantagenets one century, the Song the next, the Mongols a chapter later — and rarely notice that Henry II of England, Saladin, and the Jin emperor of north China were all alive in the same year. Drag the slider, or pick a year below, and see every dynasty reigning somewhere in the world at that moment.
1066
Norman conquest. William, Harold Godwinson, and the kings of Scotland, France, and the Holy Roman Empire all alive on the same European map.
1492
Granada falls, Columbus sails. Ferdinand and Isabella hold Spain; the Aztecs, the Inca, the Ming, and the Ottomans are all reigning.
1789
France goes revolutionary. Louis XVI, George III, Catherine the Great, the Qianlong Emperor, and George Washington — same year on Earth.
The world in
1200
20 figures alive across 6 dynasties.
Mongol Empire
8 figures- Age 39 · 1161 – 1230
- Age 38 · 1162 – 1227
- Age 18 · 1182 – 1227
- Age 17 · 1183 – 1242
- Age 15 · 1185 – 1246
- Age 14 · 1186 – 1241
- Age 10 · 1190 – 1252
- Age 9 · 1191 – 1232
Bagrationi
4 figures- Age 42 · 1158 – 1207
- Age 40 · 1160 – 1213
- Age 9 · 1191 – 1223
- Age 6 · 1194 – 1245
Capetian
3 figures- Philip II AugustusReigningAge 35 · 1165 – 1223
- Age 13 · 1187 – 1226
- Age 12 · 1188 – 1252
Inca Empire
2 figures- Age 0 · 1200 – 1230
- Age 0 · 1200 – 1240
Plantagenet
2 figures- JohnReigningAge 34 · 1166 – 1216
- Age 78 · 1122 – 1204
Keita Dynasty
1 figure- Age 10 · 1190 – 1255