The muqaddimah : an introduction to history

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ibn Khaldun , 1332-1406 (Author), Rosenthal, Franz , 1914-2003 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press , 2015
Series:Bollingen series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Human civilization in general
  • 2. Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements
  • 3. On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things
  • 4. Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization
  • 5. On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts ; the conditions that occur in this connection
  • 6.The various kinds of sciences. The methods of instruction. The conditions that obtain in these conditions