Religion plays a large part in shaping the different cultural regions of the world. central and south asia, east asia, and southeast asia share some of the same religions and religious history, though none of them is a distinct cultural region. in what ways are the religions of these asian regions culturally similar to one another? in what ways are the regions culturally different due to religion?

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