Western and Central Asia are home to many ethnic groups including Turks, Arabs, Afghans, Jews, and Iranians. The region is also home to Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Bakhtiari, Iraqis, Lurs, Turkmens, Qashqai, Persians, and Shahsavan. The Kuwaiti population has Arab and Iranian influences. The region was the origin of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Turks, Arabs, and Persians traditionally dominated the region culturally and linguistically.