Keeb kwm ntawm Damascat riam cuam tshuam nrog ntau haiv keeb kwm thiab kev coj noj coj ua, feem ntau yog suav nrog keeb kwm ntawm nws lub npe.
Ua ntej tshaj plaws, lub npe ntawm Damascus riam tsis tuaj los ntawm lub nroog Damaxaka nyob rau Syria, tab sis yog vim yog keeb kwm kev lag luam thiab kev tsis to taub. Lub sijhawm Crusades, European Armies tau txaus siab rau cov neeg Esxias cov qauv ntawm lub nroog Damaxes hauv Arabia, yog li sib sau lub npe "Damascus riam". Ib qho ntxiv, tseem muaj lus hais tias lub npe ntawm lub nroog Damascus los ntawm cov dej zoo li ntawm cov npoo av, "dej" yog hu ua "Damas".
Hais txog qhov tseeb keeb kwm ntawm rab riam Damascus, txawm hais tias lub npe muaj feem xyuam rau Damascus, qhov chaw sib raug zoo ntawm riam tsis nyob hauv lub nroog Damaxes. Qhov tseeb, Damascus riam los ntawm Persia, uas Persian craftsmen siv Wootz steel ua raw khoom thiab forged nws los ntawm cov txheej txheem tshwj xeeb. Wootz steel tau tsim thawj zaug hauv Is Nrias teb thiab Sri Lanka. Qhov kev ua kom huv-purity high-carbon hlau tau siv rau riam phom ua hauv xyoo pua 6 BC. Archaeological cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj qhia tias cov kev tshaj tawm no tau hloov pauv mus rau Persia thiab lwm qhov chaw ua ib qho kev pib ua ntej nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua thib 3, uas lawv tau siv los ua kom riam thiab lwm yam riam phom.
Cov yam ntxwv ntawm Damascus riam, suav nrog lawv cov qauv tshwj xeeb thiab kev ua kom zoo heev, tau ua rau lawv muaj txiaj ntsig heev thoob plaws keeb kwm. Cov txheej txheem tsim khoom lag luam cuam tshuam nrog cov txheej txheem forging thiab forging uas tau tshwm sim hauv cov qauv Crystal nrog cov ntsiab lus carbide carbide.
