FAITH AND DROUGHT: Severe Aridity Helped Foster Rise Of Islam Claims New Study

Cross-section of a stalagmite from Hoti Cave in present-day Oman. Holes are from sampling for uranium dating, scratch marks from sampling for isotope analysis. Note: Licensed photo. (Timon Kipfer, University of Basel/Newsflash) Cross-section of a stalagmite from Hoti Cave in present-day Oman. Holes are from sampling for uranium dating, scratch marks from sampling for isotope analysis. Note: Licensed photo. (Timon Kipfer, University of Basel/Newsflash)
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20 June 2022
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Extreme drought helped bring about the emergence of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula. This is according to a new study conducted by an international team of experts. The experts, led by Professor Dominik Fleitmann, a researcher at the University of Basel in Switzerland, studied a stalagmite...