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The Muqaddimah : an introduction to history

Ibn Khaldūn (Author), Franz Rosenthal (Translator), N. J. Dawood (Editor)
This prolegomenon was written in the 14th century by the Arab scholar Ibn Khaldūn, & laid the intellectual foundations for philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography & economics. This translation was first published in 1958 in three volumes
Print Book, English, 2015
Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2015
Early works
1 volume ; 22 cm
9780691166285, 0691166285
913459792
Human civilization in general
Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements
On dynastics, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things
Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization
On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts ; the conditions that occur in this connection
The various kinds of sciences ; the methods of instruction
Translated from the Arabic