Many religions did not begin in Southwest Asia, including:
Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Korean Shamanism, Kebatinan, Cao Dai, Chrislam, Animism (of various Asian, African, American, and Australian traditions), Norse Mythology, Greco-Roman Mythology, Neo-Paganism & Wicca, almost all forms of Protestant Christianity, Mormonism, etc.
Too many to list but if you are talking about major religions, they are: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism
There is no such thing as "Northwest Asia". The area to the north of Southwest Asia is the European part of Russia.
The Fertile Cresent.
Mesopotamia is known as the Fertile Crescent.
The Persian Gulf
The less specific region known as the Fertile Crescent is used to include the regions of river farming to the east and south of the Mediterranean Sea. More specifically, Mesopotamia seems to have originated earlier, in the land around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, followed by the Egyptians on the Nile River.
There is no such thing as "Northwest Asia". The area to the north of Southwest Asia is the European part of Russia.
Asia Minor applied to the area of Turkey, Iran etc in South-west Asia
they controled about 1 million square milies of asia
Mesopotamia
The Fertile Cresent.
Southwest Asia...
There are no serious volcanoes located in Southwest Asia. The last major volcanic eruption in the area was the Greek island of Santorini over 2500 years ago.
The Persian Gulf.
Mesopotamia is known as the Fertile Crescent.
near the mediterranean
the are called southwest monsoons because the winds originate over the Madagascar area, travel towards the northern hemisphere. as they originate from the southwestern side of India. they are called southwest winds
He was from Myra in Asia Minor. Today that area is part of Turkey.