European traders arrived in Southwest Asia around the first century after the birth of Jesus Christ. The Crusades would later make it difficult to trade with the Arabs and Europeans began to look for routes other than land routes.
There is no such thing as "Northwest Asia". The area to the north of Southwest Asia is the European part of Russia.
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Most of the population in Southwest Asia is located where there is water.
The Tigris River is in Southwest Asia, but is not in Central Asia.
They traveled to Asia by sea so that they could trade. Asia had spices, tea, paper, silk, and more that the European traders wanted.
There is no such thing as "Northwest Asia". The area to the north of Southwest Asia is the European part of Russia.
The dividing of southwest asia by the european power after the fall of the ottoman impire, after world war 1
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Did the colonies of the New World affect the economies of Southwest Asia
No. Iraq is wholly in Asia. It is considered part of the Middle East, Southwest Asia, the Arab World, and the Islamic World.
defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
Most of the population in Southwest Asia is located where there is water.
There are many reasons for that decision taken by the traders. 1. In general transporting will be cheap if you take the route via sea than the land. (Ref: An inquiry into the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith) 2. before European traders discovered the sea route to Asia, they use to take the land route, which passes via the middle east. And when once the sea routes were discovered the costs of many imported goods fell to one third of its value. So the European traders started to travel to Asia by the sea.
Africa is the continent southwest of Asia.
The Tigris River is in Southwest Asia, but is not in Central Asia.