Cyrus the Great & Lao Tzu

Did Cyrus the Great and Lao Tzu live at the same time?

Yes. Cyrus the Great and Lao Tzu lived at the same time for about 41 years, from about 571 BCE to 530 BCE.^[1][2][3][4]

Cyrus the Great · Lao Tzu · Born in 600 BCE · Born in 571 BCE

Cyrus the Great

c. 600 BCE–530 BCE

Politics & Leadership

Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Lao Tzu

c. 571 BCE–c. 471 BCE

Philosophy & Thought

Founder of Taoism, author of Tao Te Ching

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