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Michael Attaleiates

1021 - 1080

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Michael Attaleiates or Attaliates (Greek: Μιχαήλ Ἀτταλειάτης, translit. Michaḗl Attaleiátēs, Byzantine Greek: [mixaˈil atːaliˈatis]; c. 1022 – 1080) was a Byzantine Greek chronicler, public servant and historian active in Constantinople and around the empire's provinces in the second half of the eleventh century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Attaleiates has received more than 66,208 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michael Attaleiates is the 135th most popular historian (up from 175th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 741st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Michael Attaleiates ranks 135 out of 561. Before him are Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Peter Burke, Emmanuel Todd, François Furet, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. After him are Hieronymus Wolf, Jan Assmann, Evagrius Scholasticus, John Kinnamos, Doukas, and Philostorgius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1021, Michael Attaleiates ranks 4. Before him are Solomon ibn Gabirol, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, and Wang Anshi.  Among people deceased in 1080, Michael Attaleiates ranks 5. Before him are Adam of Bremen, Harald III of Denmark, Amadeus II, Count of Savoy, and Rudolf of Rheinfelden. After him are Kekaumenos, Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, and Ísleifur Gissurarson.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Michael Attaleiates ranks 520 out of 1,347. Before him are Petros Markaris (1937), Diodorus Cronus (-400), Hrant Dink (1954), Anaximenes of Lampsacus (-380), Quadratus of Athens (100), and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838). After him are Hipponax (-600), Andronikos Doukas (1006), Mustafa Balel (1945), Theodore II Palaiologos (1396), Zeki Müren (1931), and Hussein Dey (1773).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Michael Attaleiates ranks 11. Before him are Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Libanius (314), Ephorus (-400), Eunapius (349), and Agatharchides (-208). After him are Doukas (1400), Philostorgius (368), Matthew of Edessa (1100), Constantine Lascaris (1434), Halil İnalcık (1916), and Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826).

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