Featured on this crown is a Camelus, commonly known as a Dromedary camel because it only has a single hump. It is native to the dry and desert areas of Asia and northern Africa and has an average life expectancy of thirty to fifty years. The name camel comes from the Greek kamelos, the Arabic jamal or the Hebrew gahmal, all meaning "camel". Humans first domesticated camels approximately 5,000 years ago. The Dromedary Camel is used for milk, meat and as a beast of burden in northern Africa and western Asia.