Li Bai
701 – 762 · 61 years · Chang'an · Asia
Alongside Du Fu, China's greatest poet; his verses on wine, the moon and wandering are known to every Chinese schoolchild.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Charlemagne — King of the Franks, Emperor, 47 years younger
Asia
- Emperor Kanmu — emperor who founded Heian-kyō, the future Kyoto, 36 years younger
Americas
- Lady Six Sky — Maya ruler of Naranjo, 19 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 711–718 Umayyad conquest of Hispania — aged 10, Europe
- 732 Battle of Tours — aged 31, Europe
- 762 Founding of Baghdad — aged 61, Middle East