HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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the northwest corner of Asia
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the southeast corner of Asia
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the northeast corner of Asia
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the southwest corner of Asia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arabia or the Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in Southwest Asia, northeast of Africa between the Red Sea in the west and the Persian Gulf in the east. The southern part of the peninsula is bounded by the Gulf of Aden in the southwest and the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean) in the southeast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arabian Desert, great desert region of extreme southwestern Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula.
Detailed explanation-3: -The countries with coastlines on the Arabian Sea are Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Iran, India and the Maldives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eastern Yemen is home to part of the fifth-largest desert in the world, the Rub’ al-Khali. About twice the size of the state of Wyoming, Yemen is located on the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, an area of land in Southwest Asia.