Ibn Khaldun ('Abd-al-Rahman ibn-Khaldun)

Born: 1332 AD
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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