Giovanni Boccaccio vs Ibn Battuta
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Compare the life timelines of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) and Ibn Battuta (1304–1369) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1313 to 1369.
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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
- — Born in Tuscany Verified
- — Moved to Naples to train in banking Verified
- — Turned to literature at the Angevin court of Naples Verified
- — Returned to Florence Verified
- — Witnessed the Black Death in Florence Verified
- — Wrote the Decameron Verified
- — Met Petrarch in Florence Verified
- — Served Florence on diplomatic missions Verified
- — Began public lectures on Dante's Divine Comedy Verified
- — Died in Certaldo Verified
Ibn Battuta (1304–1369)
- — Born in Tangier, Morocco Verified
- — Set out on pilgrimage to Mecca Verified
- — Travelled through Persia and Iraq Verified
- — Journeyed down the East African coast Verified
- — Appointed qadi (judge) in Delhi by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq Verified
- — Served as qadi in the Maldives Verified
- — Reached China Verified
- — Crossed the Sahara to the Mali Empire Verified
- — Dictated the Rihla Verified
- — Died in Morocco Verified