“阿拉伯”一词最早见诸历史文献,是公元前853年,即在亚述王沙尔马那塞尔三世(公元前858-824)的楔形文字泥板文书中.此后,用楔形文字书写的泥板文献记载阿拉伯史料的,就更多了.这些文献大都属亚述帝国时代,内容主要是有关亚述同阿拉伯人的战争.新巴比伦,特别是巴比伦王那波尼德时代,也有类似的文献.这些记载阿拉伯的史料与希罗多德等古典作家们记录的资料相比,不仅丰富,而且更为准确,对了解和研究伊斯兰前,尤其是公元前的古代阿拉伯的政治、军事、社会、经济、商业,具有重要的价值. The earliest word “Arab” was found in historical documents, which was written in cuneiform script in the year 853 BC, in the cuneiform script of the Assyrian shermanasar III (858-824 BC) Of the clay documents recorded more than the Arab history.These documents are mostly Assyrian Empire era, mainly on the Assyrian war with the Arabs.New Babylon, especially in the Babylonian king Bonaparte era, there are similar Which is not only rich but also more accurate than the data recorded by classical writers such as Herodotus, which are used to understand and study the political, military, political and military affairs of the pre-Islamic and especially the ancient Arab countries of Arabia, Social, economic, commercial, has important value.