Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- General Introduction
- Part I On History
- Part II On Combat Solidarities
- Part III On the State
- Part IV Cities
- 19 States precede cities and capitals; the latter cannot exist without the prior existence of the state
- 20 On the construction and organization of cities
- 21 The superiority of urban centres and cities, the prosperity of their inhabitants, and the amount of spending in their markets are based on the size of their populations
- 22 On prices in cities
- 23 Sedentary civilization is the highest and final degree of any civilization; for this reason, it is destined to decay and disintegrate
- 24 On military and civil functions, and their respective roles in the rise and fall of capital cities
- Part V Earning a Living
- Part VI Sciences
- Part VII Texts from Ibn Khaldūn’s Universal History
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
21 - The superiority of urban centres and cities, the prosperity of their inhabitants, and the amount of spending in their markets are based on the size of their populations
from Part IV - Cities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- General Introduction
- Part I On History
- Part II On Combat Solidarities
- Part III On the State
- Part IV Cities
- 19 States precede cities and capitals; the latter cannot exist without the prior existence of the state
- 20 On the construction and organization of cities
- 21 The superiority of urban centres and cities, the prosperity of their inhabitants, and the amount of spending in their markets are based on the size of their populations
- 22 On prices in cities
- 23 Sedentary civilization is the highest and final degree of any civilization; for this reason, it is destined to decay and disintegrate
- 24 On military and civil functions, and their respective roles in the rise and fall of capital cities
- Part V Earning a Living
- Part VI Sciences
- Part VII Texts from Ibn Khaldūn’s Universal History
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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- Ibn Khaldūn: Political Thought , pp. 127 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025