Ibn Khaldun (In Our Time)
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Melvyn Bragg and guests Robert Hoyland, Robert Irwin and Hugh Kennedy discuss the life and ideas of the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun. Ibn Khaldun was a North African statesman who retreated into the desert in 1375. He emerged having written one of the most important ever studies of the workings of history. Khaldun was born in Tunis in 1332.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1377
- Peasants' Revolt in England (1381)
- Black Death (1346)
- Hundred Years' War (1337)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- Age of Exploration (1418)