Interesting how your map has south-east Asia & northern Asia
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South Asia encompassing the modern states of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Persian, Arab and Turkish cultural traditions from the west also form an integral part of Islamic South Asian culture, but have been radically adapted to form a Muslim culture distinct from what is found in the Middle East e.g. pilgrimage to dargahs.
South Asia ranks among the world's most densely-populated regions. About 1.6 billion people live here – about one-fourth of all the people in the world. The region's population density of 305 persons per square kilometre is more than seven times the world average.
The region has a long history. Ancient civilizations developed in the Indus River Valley and the Dwaraka region. The region was far more prosperous before the 18th century, when the Mughal Empire held sway in the north and the Maratha Empire held sway in the south and central regions of the Indian peninsula. Subsequently, European encroachments, initially by Portugal and the Netherlands,and later by France and British colonialism, led to political destabilisation of the region, leading finally to almost complete occupation and rule by the British. Most of the region gained independence from Europe by the late 1940s, when these colonial powers were weakened by the World War II and could neither control the people of the region nor satisfy their aspirations.
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regions of the world
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Africa
Central · Eastern · Northern · Southern · Western
Americas
Anglo · Caribbean · Central · Latin · Middle · North · Northern · South
Asia
Central · Eastern · Northern · Southern · Southeastern · Southwestern / Western
Europe
Northern · Southern · Western · Eastern · Central
Oceania
Australasia · Melanesia · Micronesia · Polynesia
Other
Asia Pacific · Caucasus · Far East · Indian subcontinent · Middle East
Polar
Arctic · Antarctic
Oceans
World · Arctic · Atlantic · Indian · Pacific · Southern
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/default.stm
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Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of Asia. The term Western Asia is sometimes used in writings about the archeology and the late prehistory of the region, and in the United States subregion geoscheme. Unlike the Middle East, which is a vaguely-defined region generally meant to include the African country of Egypt, Western Asia is a purely geographical term, which includes the southwestern extreme of Asia.
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Pakistan has occasionally been considered as part of the Mid-East.. it has never been considered part of the Greater Middle -East but it is
always considered as part of South Asia.
end of argument.