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Muqaddimah

al-Muqaddimah

textual humanities text book core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Ibn Khaldun, author

Canon Rationale

A major work of historiography and social theory, included for historical method, political order, group solidarity, economy, state formation, and medieval Islamic intellectual history.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 50.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'The Muqaddimah'.
  • field survey: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Medieval Political Philosophy,' section on Ibn Khaldun.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read a defined substantial selection or abridged edition, with translation and selected sections tracked.

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