The Muqaddimah

by Ibn Khaldun · 1377

Ibn Khaldun's introduction to universal history and analysis of social cohesion, power, and civilizational change.

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Ibn Khaldun · Historian and philosopher

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Mark ZuckerbergCo-founder and CEO, Meta

Business Insider reports The Muqaddimah as Zuckerberg's A Year of Books selection.

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Ibn KhaldunHistorian and philosopher

Fourteenth-century historian and author of The Muqaddimah.

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