Ibn Khaldun
OriginTunisia
Era1332
SchoolIslamic
About Ibn Khaldun
The Muqaddimah founded the philosophy of history and sociology. Asabiyyah, group solidarity, drives the rise and decay of dynasties. Compared societies and economies with cool empirical eyes. Served and survived courts across North Africa and al-Andalus. Drafted much of his masterpiece in a remote fortress in Algeria. Modern social science claims him as a forerunner.
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