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Muqaddimah

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The Muqaddimah (Arabic: مقدّمة "Introduction"), also known as the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun (Arabic: مقدّمة ابن خلدون) or Ibn Khaldun's Prolegomena (Ancient Greek: Προλεγόμενα), is a book written by the historian Ibn Khaldun in 1377 which presents a view of universal history. Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of sociology, demography, and cultural history. The Muqaddimah also deals with Islamic theology, historiography, the philosophy of history, economics, political theory, and ecology.

Muqaddimah AuthorIbn Khaldun Original titleمقدّمة ابن خلدون‎ LanguageArabic Published1377 Published in English 1958 Original textمقدّمة ابن خلدون‎ at Arabic Wikisource The Muqaddimah (Arabic: مقدّمة meaning "the introduction") is a 14th-century Arabic treatise on historiography, sociology, and the philosophy of history written by Ibn Khaldun.[1][2][3] Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of sociology,[4][5] demography,[citation needed] and cultural history.[6] The Muqaddimah also deals with Islamic theology, historiography,[7] the philosophy…

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