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Isaac ben Samuel
Isaac ben Samuel
1115 CE–1184 CE · Rishonim (medieval sages)
The world in their lifetime
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Isaac ben Samuel’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn from recorded birth and death years (reign years for rulers whose lives are undated); where only one end of a life is known, a span of about 70 years is assumed.
Jewish world
- Bachya ben Yosef ibn Pakuda (Chovot HaLevavot)· 1050 CE–1120 CE
- Yehuda HaLevi (Kuzari)· 1075 CE–1141 CE
- Yosef ibn Migash (Rambam's teacher's teacher)· 1077 CE–1141 CE
- Shmuel ben Meir (Rashbam)· 1085 CE–1158 CE
- Avraham Ibn Ezra· 1089 CE–1167 CE
- Yaakov ben Meir (Rabbeinu Tam)· 1100 CE–1171 CE
- Abraham ibn Daud· 1110 CE–1180 CE
- R. Eliezer ben Shmuel of Metz (Re'em)· 1115 CE–1198 CE
- Ra'avad· 1125 CE–1198 CE
- Moses Kimchi· 1127 CE–1190 CE
- Benjamin of Tudela· 1130 CE–1175 CE
- Zerachiah HaLevi of Gerona· 1130 CE–1186 CE
- Moses ben Maimon (Rambam)· 1138 CE–1204 CE
- R. Yosef ben Yitzchak Bekhor Shor· 1140 CE–1190 CE
- Anonymous (Sefer HaBahir circle)· Scholars date it to 12th-c. Provence
- R. Baruch ben Yitzchak of Worms· 1140 CE–1211 CE
- Eliezer ben Yoel HaLevi· 1140 CE–1225 CE
- Yehuda HeChasid· 1150 CE–1217 CE
- Samuel ibn Tibbon· 1150 CE–1230 CE
- R. Yitzchak Sagi Nahor (Isaac the Blind)· 1160 CE–1235 CE
- R. David Kimchi (Radak)· 1160 CE–1235 CE
- Azriel of Gerona· 1160 CE–1238 CE
- Meir HaLevi Abulafia (Yad Ramah)· 1170 CE–1244 CE
- R. Eleazar ben Yehuda of Worms· 1176 CE–1238 CE
Scientists
Islamic world
Christian world
Buddhist world
Luminaries & Explorers
Graeco-Roman world
Rulers & leaders
- Manuel I Komnenos— Byzantine Empire· 1118 CE–1180 CE
- Emperor Gaozong of Song— Song dynasty (Southern Song), China· 1107 CE–1187 CE
- Kilij Arslan II— Sultanate of Rum· 1113 CE–1192 CE
- Nur ad-Din— Zengid Dynasty· 1118 CE–1174 CE
- Frederick I Barbarossa— Holy Roman Empire· 1122 CE–1190 CE
- Andrey Bogolyubsky— Vladimir-Suzdal· 1111 CE–1174 CE
- al-Adid— Fatimid Caliphate· 1151 CE–1171 CE
- Saladin— Ayyubid Dynasty· 1137 CE–1193 CE
- Suryavarman II— Khmer Empire· r. 1113–c. 1150 CE
- Jayavarman VII— Khmer Empire· 1122 CE–1218 CE
- Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad— Ghurid Dynasty· 1140 CE–1203 CE
- Lord Four Wind 'Fire Serpent'— Chiyo Cahnu / Teozacoalco (Mixtec)· b. 1092 CE
- Minamoto no Yoritomo— Kamakura shogunate (Japan)· 1147 CE–1199 CE
- Muhammad of Ghor— Ghurid Dynasty· 1144 CE–1206 CE
Works
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