>[!NOTE]+ Record > Author:: Ibn Khaldun > Reference:: Khaldun, Ibn. 1967. “The Maqaddimah. Vol. 1, Trans.” __F. Rosenthal. Princeton: Princeton__. > Date:: 1377 > Tags:: #warp #Arab #craftDefinitions > WeftLinks:: [[World Craft Dictionary]], [[Arabic words for craft]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > For Ibd Khaldun, crafts (in Arabic, "صناعة", sanāʿah) in general refer to the practices that constitute a civilisation. ### Highlights > It should be known that the crafts practiced by the human species are numerous, because so much labor is continually available in civilization. They are so numerous as to defy complete enumeration. However, some of them are necessary in civilization or occupy a noble (position) because of (their) object. We shall single these two kinds out for mention and leave all others. > Necessary (crafts) are agriculture, architecture, tailoring, carpentry, and weaving. Crafts noble because of (their) object are midwifery, the art of writing, book production, singing, and medicine.