Ibn Khaldun
1332–1406 CEابن خلدونHistorian; author of the Muqaddimah
- Field
- History
- City
- Tunis · d. 808 AH
In the Muqaddimah (1377) he analysed how societies rise and fall, introducing the idea of group solidarity (ʿasabiyyah).
Regarded as a forerunner of sociology and historiography.
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