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Ibn Khaldun

Known for historical method, social cohesion, political analysis, and the Muqaddimah.

732-808 AH / 1332-1406 CENorth AfricaHistorian and social theorist

Writing history as a science of society

Ibn Khaldun Historian and social theorist

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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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