Arabs
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Arabs are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Before the spread of Arabic language in
The Namara inscription is an Arabic epitaph in Nabataean script of Imru' al-Qais, son of "Amr, king of all the Arabs". Basalt, found at Nimreh in the Hauran (Southern Syria), dated 7 December 328 CE.
Al-Khazneh in Petra, capital of the Nabataean Kingdom, built as a mausoleum to Nabataean King Aretas IV in the first century AD
Receipt for garments sent by boat to Dilmun in the 1st year of Ibbi-Sin's rule, circa 2028 BCE.
The Queen of Sheba
Pre-Islamic Arabia
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The era of pre-Islamic Arabia encompasses human history in all parts of the Arabian Peninsula before the spread of Islam beginning in 610 CE. During the prehistoric period, humans first migrated and s
Territory of the three Roman provinces of Arabia which were administered between the 2nd and 7th centuries CE: Arabia Petrea (in green), Arabia Deserta (in yellow), and Arabia Felix (in orange)
Chlorite seal found in Madinat Hamad belonging to the material culture of Dilmun dated between 2000 and 1800 BCE
Sumerian cuneiform tablet recording shipments of wool and silver by Queen Lagash to Dilmun c. 2350 BCE found in a tel in Girsu
Relief from Ashurbanipal's palace showing Assyrians fighting and pursuing Arabs on camelback.