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They are considered a single region due their similarities as Islamic States with a primarily Arab population. They have similar economies and similar modes of lifestyle. North Africa is also culturally much closer to the Middle East than to Sub-Saharan Africa because of constant interaction with the rest of the Mediterranean Sea.

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north Africa and southwest Asia are on two continents one religion this is mainly because the people in the religion

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They are both dry arid climates.

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