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| Invocation |
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| Foreword |
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The excellence of historiography |
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An appreciation of the various approaches to history |
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A glimpse of the different kinds of errors to which historians are liable |
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Book One of the Kitab Al-`Ibar |
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33 | (12) |
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The nature of civilization |
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Bedouin and settled life, the achievements of superiority, gainful occupations, ways of making a living, sciences, crafts, and all the other things that affect civilization |
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The causes and reasons thereof |
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Human civilization in general |
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First Prefatory Discussion |
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45 | (4) |
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Second Prefatory Discussion |
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49 | (9) |
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The parts of the earth where civilization is found |
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Some information about oceans, rivers, and zones |
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Third Prefatory Discussion |
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The temperate and the intemperate zones |
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The influence of the air upon the colour of human beings and upon many other aspects of their condition |
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Fourth Prefatory Discussion |
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The influence of climate upon human character |
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Fifth Prefatory Discussion |
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Differences with regard to abundance and scarcity of food in the various inhabited regions and how they affect the human body and character |
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Sixth Prefatory Discussion |
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The various types of human beings who have supernatural perception either through natural disposition or through exercise, preceded by a discussion of inspiration and dream visions |
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Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements |
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On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things. The chapter contains basic and supplementary propositions |
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Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization. The conditions occurring there. Primary and secondary considerations in this connection |
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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 |
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The various kinds of sciences. The methods of instruction. The conditions that obtain in these conditions |
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On man's ability to think, which distinguishes human beings from animals and which enables them to obtain their livelihood, to co-operate to this end with their fellow men, and to study the Master whom they worship, and the revelations that the Messengers transmitted from Him |
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God thus caused all animals to obey man and to be in the grasp of his power |
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Through his ability to think, God gave man superiority over many of His creatures |
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| Concluding Remark |
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