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Ibn Khaldun('Abd-al-Rahman ibn-Khaldun)
Born: 1332 AD
Died: 1406 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1406 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Arab historian and sociologist
proposed cyclical theory of history
wrote history "Kitab al-ibar", study "Maqaddamah" (also "Preface", "Introduction to History")
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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. (Abridged Edition) (Bollingen Series (General)) by Ibn Khaldun (Paperback - Oct 11, 2004) The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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An Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis (Hardcover - Mar 30, 1987) The Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun are in many ways the most remarkable manifestation of Islamic philosophical thought. Not only did Ibn Khaldun sum up the accumulated knowledge and leading doctrines of...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Society, State, and Urbanism: Ibn Khaldun's Sociological Thought by Fuad Baali (Paperback - Jun 30, 1988) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Ibn Khaldun's Philosophy of History: A Study in the Philosophic Foundation of the Science of Culture (Phoenix books) by Muhsin Mahdi (Paperback - Jan 1, 1971) Study of Ibn Khaldun, 14th century Arab historian... |
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Ibn Khaldun's Philosophy of History - A Study in the Philosophic Foundation of the Science of Culture by Muhsin Mahdi (Paperback - Aug 30, 2008) 14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun founded a special science to deal with the problem of history and culture based on the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle and their Muslim followers. This work... |
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Ibn Khaldun: History As Science and the Patrimonial Empire (Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica) by Robert Simon (Hardcover - Mar 30, 2003) Usually ships in 3 to 6 weeks |
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