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Figure 8.1 The Regions of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Turkestan. The African Transition Zone is the southern boundary of the realm. Source: Map courtesy of University of Texas Libraries, …

Egypt has territory in both Africa and Asia through its possession of the Sinai Peninsula. The second region, Southwest Asia, includes Turkey, Iran, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Historically, this perhaps awkwardly named region of North Africa and Southwest Asia was commonly called the “Middle East.” This begs the question, though, what is it in the middle of? What is it east …

Over 10,000 years ago, the earliest humans in North Africa and Southwest Asia settled in the Fertile Crescent, the area surrounding the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile rivers (Figure 7 2 2). Here, humans …

North Africa is a relatively thin strip of land between the Sahara desert and the Mediterranean, stretching from Moroccan Atlantic coast to Egypt and Sudan. Many of the governments in the region have …

May 24, 2021 · There are 54 countries in Africa. An estimated 1.369 billion people live in Africa. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, while the Seychelles is the least populous. The continent of …

Mar 17, 2026 · Countries in the region have pursued new cooperation economically and in counterterrorism efforts. Security remains a burden for many, but the region has also produced some …

For the purposes of this section, Northwest Africa covers following states: Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Morocco and Senegal.

Northwest Africa has been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history, while the eastern part of North Africa has been home to the Ancient Egyptians and Nubians.