Ibn Arabi vs Snorri Sturluson
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Compare the life timelines of Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) and Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1179 to 1240.
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Ibn Arabi (1165–1240)
- — Born in Murcia, al-Andalus Verified
- — Family moved to Seville Verified
- — Youthful spiritual conversion and reported meeting with Averroes
- — Studied with Sufi masters across al-Andalus and the Maghreb Verified
- — Left the Iberian Peninsula for the East Verified
- — Pilgrimage to Mecca and beginning of the Futuhat al-Makkiyya Verified
- — Years of travel through Anatolia, Iraq, and Syria Verified
- — Settled permanently in Damascus Verified
- — Composed the Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom) Verified
- — Died in Damascus Verified
Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241)
- — Born at Hvammur in Iceland Verified
- — Fostered at Oddi by Jón Loftsson Verified
- — Married Herdís Bersadóttir Verified
- — Settled at Reykholt Verified
- — First term as lawspeaker of the Althing Verified
- — Visited Norway and the Norwegian court Verified
- — Wrote the Prose Edda Verified
- — Second term as lawspeaker Verified
- — Wrote Heimskringla Verified
- — Killed at Reykholt Verified