Ibn Khaldun
1332 – 1406 · Tunisia · History, Economics, Philosophy
Founded sociology and economic history with the Muqaddimah.
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Who shaped Ibn Khaldun, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Fatima al-Fihri
800 – 880 · History
Al-Qarawiyyin, which she founded, is the institutional world Ibn Khaldun taught in.
Passed the work to2
- Ali Mazrui
1933 – 2014 · History, Philosophy
Mazrui reads African political history within Ibn Khaldun's cyclical framework.
- Max Weber
1864 – 1920 · Political Economy, History
The Muqaddimah's sociology of solidarity and state cycles anticipates Weber's comparative method.
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Nearby in the annals
Fatima al-Fihri
800 – 880Founded al-Qarawiyyin in 859, the oldest continuously operating university.
Ali Mazrui
1933 – 2014Defined the 'triple heritage' framework for African identity.
Eduardo Galeano
1940 – 2015Open Veins of Latin America reframed a hemisphere's economic history.