The Muqaddimah : an introduction to history

Introduction to the 2005 Edition p. vii From the Translator's Introduction to the 1958 Unabridged Edition p. xxvii Introduction N.J. Dawood p. xxxvii Invocation p. 3 Foreword p. 5 The Introduction p. 11 Book One of the Kitab Al-`Ibar p. 33 Chapter 1 Human civilization in general p. 45 First Prefatory Discussion p. 45 Second Prefatory Discussion p. 49 Third Prefatory Discussion p. 58 Fourth Prefatory Discussion p. 63 Fifth Prefatory Discussion p. 65 Sixth Prefatory Discussion p. 70 Chapter 2 Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements p. 91 Chapter 3 On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things. The chapter contains basic and supplementary propositions p. 123 Chapter 4 Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization. The conditions occurring there. Primary and secondary considerations in this connection p. 263 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 p. 297 Chapter 6 The various kinds of sciences. The methods of instruction. The conditions that obtain in these conditions p. 333 Prefatory Discussion Concluding Remark p. 459 Index.