The Muqaddimah : An Introduction to History - Abridged Edition /

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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 Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of k...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ibn Khaldûn, Ibn (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rosenthal, Franz, Lawrence, Bruce B., Dawood, N. J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Islamic civilization.
History > Philosophy.
Civilization.
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
rise and fall.
market place.
Warfare.
Taxation.
Sorcery.
Science(s).
Saints.
Ruler(s).
Punishment.
Money or exchange.
Medecine.
Man.
Maghrib.
Luxury.
Laws.
Islam.
Income and expenditure.
Ifriqiyah.
Group feeling.
God: prayer.
Family.
Egyptian(s).
Dynasty: histories.
Civilization (social organization).
Berber(s).
Barmecides.
Arabs.
Angels.
Civilization > Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE 2005 EDITION
  • FROM THE TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE 1958 UNABRIDGED EDITION
  • The Introduction and Book One of the World History, entitled Kitdb aWIbar of Ibn Khaldun
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Human civilization in general
  • Chapter 2. Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements
  • Chapter 3. On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things. The chapter contains basic and supplementary propositions
  • Chapter 4. Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization. The conditions occurring there. Primary and secondary considerations in this connection
  • Chapter 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
  • Chapter 6. The various kinds of sciences. The methods of instruction. The conditions that obtain in these connections
  • (CONCLUDING REMARK)
  • Index

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