the Bancroft Prize in American History, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy O966). Notes [I] Ibn Khaldtiti, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, Frank Rosenthal, trans.; N.J. Dawood. cd. (Princeton University Press, 1967); asabiyyah, xi; 152; stages, pp. 140-42 and passim. [2] Excellent articles: Peter Turc