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The Muqaddimah : an introduction to history /

Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406.

The Muqaddimah : an introduction to history / Ibn Khaldun ; translated and introduced by Franz Rosenthal ; abridged and edited by N.J. Dawood. - 1st Princeton classic ed. / with a new introduction by Bruce B. Lawrence. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2005. - xliv, 465 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1969. With new introd. Includes index.

Introduction / N.J. Dawood--The introduction--Book one of the Kitab al-'Ibar--Ch. 1. Human civilization in general--Ch. 2. Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements--Ch. 3. On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things : the chapter contains basic and supplementary propositions--Ch. 4. Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization : the conditions occurring there : primary and secondary considerations in this connection--Ch. 5. On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts : the conditions that occur in this connection : a number of problems are connected with this subject--Ch. 6. The various kinds of sciences : the methods of instruction : the conditions that obtain in these conditions.


0691120544 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004048684


History--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
Civilization--Early works to 1800.

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