asia is bound on the east
 geography according to saul cohen early colonial era strategists treated south asia with east asia but in reality the south asia region excluding afghanistan is a distinct geopolitical region separated from other nearby geostrategic realms one that is geographically diverse
 religions many of the worlds major religions have their origins in asia including the five most practiced in the world excluding irreligion which are christianity islam hinduism chinese folk religion classified as confucianism and taoism and buddhism respectively