What Early Philosopher Described This Type of Developmental Cycle: People

What early philosopher described this type of developmental cycle: people move from a rural, nomadic society with little economic surplus to an agricultural society with greater economic surplus and population growth?:

A) physiocrat quesnay who said the production from land created a surplus known as the net product.
B) non-western philosopher ibn khaldun.
C) non-western philosopher abu hamid al-ghazali.
D) thomas malthus, who came up with a theory on population.