Cao Cao
155 – 220 · 65 years · Xuchang · Asia
Warlord and poet who unified northern China at the end of the Han dynasty; his son founded the state of Wei.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Marcus Aurelius — Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, 34 years older
- Galen — physician and anatomist, 26 years older
Africa
- Claudius Ptolemy — astronomer and geographer, 55 years older
Asia
- Zhuge Liang — chancellor of Shu Han, 26 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 165–180 Antonine Plague — aged 10, Europe
- c. 200 Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan — aged 45, Americas
- 220 Fall of the Han and the Three Kingdoms — aged 65, Asia