Post-Abbasid Islamic World
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Ibn Khaldun
Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406 CE) was the greatest historian and social theorist of the medieval Islamic world. His Muqaddimah introduced a systematic science of human civilization, explaining the rise and fall of dynasties through the concept of asabiyyah and anticipating modern sociology, economics, and historiography by centuries.
Islam in Southeast Asia
Islam reached Southeast Asia through the Indian Ocean trade networks from the thirteenth century onward, spreading through Muslim merchants, Sufi teachers, and the conversion of local rulers. Today Southeast Asia is home to the world's largest Muslim population, with Indonesia alone containing more Muslims than any Arab country.