diverse cultures in southwest asia

more  center of trading routes that 3,000 years ago the land of southwest Asia was at the center of trading routes that extended across Europe Africa and Asia time after time groups from within and outside the region conquered it. the movement of people across southwest Asia gave the region unique character people of many different ethnic groups and religious beliefs settled there Arabic speaking Arabs are the largest ethnic group in the region and Islam is their main religion but not all southwest Asians are Arabs many southwest Asians do not speak Arabic and many people including Arabic speaking Arab practice religions other than Islam. the people in southwest Asia belong to a mix of ethnic groups. today Arabs are the main ethnic group
in Saudi Arabia Jordan Syria Iraq Lebanon and other countries on the Arabian peninsula.