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Joseph Golder

Beyond Reasonable Drought: Severe Aridity Helped Foster Rise Of Islam, New Study Says

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. (Timon Kipfer, University of Basel/Zenger)

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.

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