Ibn Khaldun, the 14th century Arab founding father of social sciences, was the first thinker to theorize ideas about demography, economic growth and human society that remain relevant until this day. Just as he noted cycles in the history of civilization — where all empires eventually decline to be attacked by barbarians, who in turn contribute to the renewal of civilization and are themselves eventually attacked by the new barbarians — he observed similar cycles in nature and in human society.
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