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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION TO THE 2005 EDITION vii
4. FROM THE TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION TO THE 1958 UNABRIDGED EDITION xxvii
5. The Introduction and Book One of the World History, entitled Kitdb aWIbar of Ibn Khaldun 1
6. BOOK ONE. OF THE KITAB AL-CIBAR
7. INTRODUCTION 35
8. Chapter 1. Human civilization in general 45
9. Chapter 2. Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements 91
10. Chapter 3. On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things. The chapter contains basic and supplementary propositions 123
11. Chapter 4. Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization. The conditions occurring there. Primary and secondary considerations in this connection 263
12. Chapter 5. On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts. The conditions that occur in this connection. A number of problems are connected with this subject 297
13. Chapter 6. The various kinds of sciences. The methods of instruction. The conditions that obtain in these connections 333
14. (CONCLUDING REMARK) 459
15. Index 460