Ibn Khaldūn: History as Science and the Patrimonial Empire

Ibn Khaldun was born in Tunis in 1332 and died in Cairo in 1406. In 1995 a thoroughly annotated Hungarian translation of his masterpiece al-Muqaddima (Introduction to History) was published. Simon then capped his 25 years of studying Ibn Khaldun by describing his construction of history as a scientific endeavor, and his elaboration of patrimonial empires, using his own society as a model. Ibn Khaldun; TÖrtÉnelemtudomÁny És birodalmisÁg published by AkadÉmiai KiadÓ, Budapest in 1999 and translated from the Hungarian by KlÁra PogÁtsa. There is no subject index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)