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The Muqaddimah, an introduction to history
Ibn Khaldūn, عبد الرحمن ابن خلدون Abdel Rahman Ibn Khaldun · 1858 · 512 pages
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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.
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