Kievan Rus'
c. 882–1240
Medieval state of the East Slavs, centered on Kyiv.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 882–1240
- Place
- Eastern Europe
Who was alive during Kievan Rus'
- Ibn Fadlan c. 879–c. 960, traveler
- Al-Zahrawi 936–1013, physician
- Ferdowsi 940–c. 1020, poet
- Ibn al-Haytham c. 965–c. 1040, physicist
- Bi Sheng c. 970–c. 1051, inventor
- Al-Biruni 973–c. 1050, scholar
- Yaroslav the Wise c. 978–1054, prince
- Mahmud al-Kashgari c. 1005–c. 1102, scholar
- Ramanuja c. 1017–c. 1137, philosopher
- Nizam al-Mulk 1018–1092, statesman
- Su Song 1020–1101, polymath
- Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033–1109, theologian and philosopher
- Omar Khayyam 1048–1131, poet
- Hasan-i Sabbah c. 1050–1124, religious leader
- Milarepa c. 1052–c. 1135, mystic
- Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078–1166, mystic
- Ahmad Yasawi c. 1093–1166, mystic
- Hildegard of Bingen 1098–1179, abbess
- Jayavarman VII c. 1122–c. 1218, king
- Eleanor of Aquitaine c. 1122–1204, queen
- Attar of Nishapur c. 1145–c. 1221, poet
- Unkei c. 1150–1224, sculptor
- Tomoe Gozen c. 1157–c. 1247, military leader
- Ibn Arabi 1165–1240, philosopher