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Ibn Khaldun

Known for historical method, social cohesion, political analysis, and the Muqaddimah. Ibn Khaldun is presented as historian and social theorist associated with North Africa. The working chronology for this record is 732-808 AH / 1332-1406 CE. Known for historical method, social cohesion, political analysis, and the Muqaddimah.

732-808 AH / 1332-1406 CENorth AfricaHistorian

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Ibn Khaldun is presented as historian associated with North Africa. The working chronology for this record is 732-808 AH / 1332-1406 CE. Known for historical method, social cohesion, political analysis, and the Muqaddimah. Ibn Khaldun is presented as historian and social theorist associated with North Africa. The working chronology for this record is 732-808 AH / 1332-1406 CE. Known for historical method, social cohesion, political analysis, and the Muqaddimah.

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732-808 AH / 1332-1406 CE

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