Dominik Fleitmann is professor of Quaternary Geology at the University of Basel.[1] Fleitmann primarily researches palaeoclimatology using stalagmites collected from caves in the Middle East and has also linked these records to societal impacts using archaeological and historical evidence.[2][3][4]

According to Fleitmann, his research into stalagmites found in modern-day Saudi Arabia demonstrates a link between rainfall and human migration from the region, and a correlation between a period of severe drought and the collapse of the Kingdom of Himyar.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. Dominik Fleitmann | Departement Umweltwissenschaften". duw.unibas.ch. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Nicholson, Samuel Luke; Jacobson, Matthew J.; Hosfield, Rob; Fleitmann, Dominik (2021). "The Stalagmite Record of Southern Arabia: Climatic Extremes, Human Evolution and Societal Development". Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.749488. ISSN 2296-6463.
  3. ↑ Fleitmann, Dominik; Haldon, John; Bradley, Raymond S.; Burns, Stephen J.; Cheng, Hai; Edwards, R. Lawrence; Raible, Christoph C.; Jacobson, Matthew; Matter, Albert (17 June 2022). "Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia". Science. 376 (6599): 1317–1321. doi:10.1126/science.abg4044. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 35709263. S2CID 249747667.
  4. ↑ Jacobson, Matthew J.; Pickett, Jordan; Gascoigne, Alison L.; Fleitmann, Dominik; Elton, Hugh (27 June 2022). Zerboni, Andrea (ed.). "Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity". PLOS ONE. 17 (6): e0270295. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270295. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 9236232. PMID 35759500.
  5. ↑ The role of water in ancient civilisations. Dominik Fleitmann. YouTube. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Fleitmann, Dominik; Haldon, John; Bradley, Raymond S.; Burns, Stephen J.; Cheng, Hai; Edwards, R. Lawrence; Raible, Christoph C.; Jacobson, Matthew; Matter, Albert (17 June 2022). "Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia". Science. 376 (6599): 1317–1321. doi:10.1126/science.abg4044. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 35709263. S2CID 249747667.


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