The Muqaddimah An Introduction to History - Abridged Edition |
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| Author:
| Khaldûn, Ibn |
| Editor:
| Dawood, N. J. |
| Translator:
| Rosenthal, Franz |
| Introduction by:
| Lawrence, Bruce B. |
| Series title: | Princeton Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16628-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography,
The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography,