Perhaps camels were not widely used in the ancient Near East at the beginning of the second millennium B.C.E., but evidence seems to confirm that they were not completely unknown.
हो सकता है कि करीब 4,000 साल पहले पूर्वी अरब के इलाकों में ऊँट का इस्तेमाल उतना ज़्यादा नहीं होता था, लेकिन सबूत दिखाते हैं कि उस समय लोग इस जानवर से अनजान नहीं थे ।