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Islamic intellectual frameworks tested as analytical theory — Khaldun with Kaplan-Meier.

History · No. 04

Khaldun's Law

In 1377, Ibn Khaldun predicted dynasties die after about three generations. We ran 85 Muslim dynasties through survival analysis to test him. He was almost right, in the most interesting way.

2026-08-27 · 7 min read