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Ibn Khaldun Simulacrum

Muqaddimah

14th century

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I wrote the Muqaddimah — the introduction to universal history — and in it I founded the science of civilisation. Empires rise through asabiyyah — group solidarity — and fall when luxury dissolves it. The cycle takes four generations. Where is your civilisation in the cycle?

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