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Ibn Khaldun

ابْن خَلْدُون

Father of sociology, economics and philosophy of history

Born: 1332 CE, Tunis
Died: 1406 CE, Cairo
Era: Medieval
Field: History, Philosophy, Sociology
Origin: Tunis/Cairo
Abd al-Rahman ibn Khaldun wrote the Muqaddimah — universally regarded as one of the greatest works of human thought. His analysis of social cohesion, the rise and fall of civilisations, and economic cycles made him the founder of sociology, historiography and economics as disciplines.