By examining nomadic Turkish and Berber societies he developed a model of cultural and political cycles. Modern sociology and historiography regard him as a pioneer.
Frequently asked questions
- What was Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah: The Birth of the Philosophy of History?
- The Tunisian Arab historian Ibn Khaldun wrote the Muqaddimah (Introduction to History), establishing the first systematic framework for the philosophy of history, for a theory of social cycles (asabiyya) and for the science of economics.
- When did Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah: The Birth of the Philosophy of History happen?
- 1377 CE
- Where did Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah: The Birth of the Philosophy of History take place?
- Kuzey Afrika (Mağrip)