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  • Essay / Contrasting opinions of Bedouin society - 580

    Ibn Khaldun was, among other things, a historian and scholar. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa, in 1337. In the first chapter of “The Muqaddimah,” Human Civilization in General, ibn Khaldun describes man as “‘political’ by nature” (45). I found this interesting because what he means by politics and what most people consider politics today are very different. Khaldun simply refers to the man who actually needs some form of social civilization. He gives an example of a fundamental form of society in chapter two, titled Bedouin Civilization, Savage Nations and Tribes and Their Living Conditions, including several fundamental and explanatory statements. ibn Khaldun refers to the Bedouin peoples as a people living from agriculture and livestock. They are a people who restrict themselves to the luxuries of most sedentary people. ibn Khaldun claims that this way of life brings them closer to God. Bedouins are also more courageous than sedentary people because sedentary people are too used to life being easy. Thesiger seems to have a different idea of ​​Bedouin society....