Omar Khayyam vs Su Shi
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Compare the life timelines of Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) and Su Shi (1037–1101) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1048 to 1101.
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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
Su Shi (1037–1101)
- — Born in Meishan, Sichuan Verified
- — Passed the jinshi imperial examination with distinction Verified
- — Left the capital to serve in Hangzhou after opposing Wang Anshi's New Policies Verified
- — Arrested in the Crow Terrace Poetry Trial Verified
- — Exiled to Huangzhou, where he adopted the name Dongpo Verified
- — Composed the two Red Cliff rhapsodies Verified
- — Served as governor of Hangzhou and built the Su Causeway on West Lake Verified
- — Exiled to Huizhou in the far south Verified
- — Banished to Danzhou on Hainan Island Verified
- — Died in Changzhou while returning from exile Verified