Ibn Khaldūn (d. 808/1406) was a Tunisian-born scholar, jurist, sociologist, and historian, best known for his influential work on history, The Book of Lessons (Kitāb al-ʿIbar), and the prolegomenon to that work, the Muqaddimah.
Carolyn Baugh is Associate Professor of History and Arabic at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses in Middle East and world history and also directs the Women’s Studies program.
Jesús R. Velasco is the Augustus R. Street Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature at Yale University. He is the author of Dead Voice and Order and Chivalry.
Consuelo Lopez-Morillas is Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington.