Who Was Alive

Were Kublai Khan and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Kublai Khan and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1254 to 1294.

Kublai Khan was 38 when Marco Polo was born.

Marco Polo was 39 when Kublai Khan died, aged 78.

Kublai Khan

Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan

Born 23 September 1215 · died 18 February 1294, aged 78

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Rumi
  3. Kublai Khan
  4. Thomas Aquinas
  5. Marco Polo
  6. Dante Alighieri
  7. Ibn Battuta
  8. Petrarch
Kublai Khan and Marco Polo in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.