El Cid vs Omar Khayyam
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Compare the life timelines of El Cid (1043–1099) and Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 51 years, from 1048 to 1099.
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El Cid (1043–1099)
- — Born in Vivar, near Burgos Verified
- — Entered the service of Sancho II of Castile Verified
- — Married Jimena Diaz Verified
- — Served the Muslim rulers of Zaragoza Verified
- — Exiled from Castile by Alfonso VI Verified
- — Conquered the city of Valencia Verified
- — Defeated the Almoravids at the Battle of Cuarte Verified
- — Died in Valencia Verified
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131)
- — Birth of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur Verified
- — Education in the sciences and philosophy in Khorasan Verified
- — Move to Samarkand under the patronage of the chief judge Verified
- — Completion of the Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra Verified
- — Invited to Isfahan by Sultan Malik-Shah to lead an observatory Verified
- — Introduction of the Jalali calendar reform Verified
- — Return to Nishapur after the decline of court patronage Verified
- — Composition of the quatrains later known as the Rubaiyat
- — Death of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur Verified