阿拉伯经济发展经历了漫长曲折的历程.在阿拉伯帝国建立以前,由于阿拉伯半岛气候炎热,干旱少雨,土地贫瘠荒凉,绝大多数居民以放养骆驼、羊和狩猎为生.在一些水源较充足、适宜耕种的地区或沙漠绿洲中,有一部分人从事定居的农业生产,种植椰枣、咖啡、葡萄和其他水果.也有一部分人以经商为主,谋求生活来源.这一时期, Before the founding of the Arab Empire, most of the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula lived on shelter for camels, sheep and hunting because of the hot, arid and dry conditions in the Arabian Peninsula. Some cultivated areas or desert oasis, some people engaged in the settlement of agricultural production, planting dates, coffee, grapes and other fruits.Also some people to business mainly to seek a source of life during this period,