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
19 - States precede cities and capitals; the latter cannot exist without the prior existence of the state
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. 114 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025