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.
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
The Fertile Cresent.
Mesopotamia
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.
near the mediterranean
Mesopotamia is known as the Fertile Crescent.
He was from Myra in Asia Minor. Today that area is part of Turkey.
The Persian Gulf