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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Social organization sets humans apart from animals and builds human civilization.
Chapter 3: Varied climates exert varied effects on individuals and societies.
Chapter 4: The scarcity or abundance of food shapes our bodies and character.
Chapter 5: Some individuals are chosen by God to serve as His prophets, the greatest among them being Muhammad himself.
Chapter 6: Group solidarity is the force that determines a civilization’s success in warfare.
Chapter 7: Royal authority is required to preserve order and restrain the evil within us.
Chapter 8: Urbanization is characteristic of sedentary civilizations and indeed is ultimately self-destructive.
Chapter 9: Everyone is striving to make a profit.
Chapter 10: Humans are superior to all other living beings thanks to their capacity to think and amass knowledge.
Description
The Muqaddimah (fourteenth century, first English edition 1958), a classic text on the Islamic history of the world, focuses on the rise and fall of civilizations. It offers a unique glimpse into the world of the fourteenth-century Arab Muslim, and is regarded as a foundational text in several academic disciplines.
Who Should Listen
- History enthusiasts
- People interested in social organization
- Participants in Mark Zuckerberg’s A Year of Books