I believe the answer you're looking for is Southwest Asia, looking at a climate map, the drier areas are located to the southwest.
Monroe, Livingston were forced? by Congress to offer up to $2 million to purchase the east bank of the Mississippi; Jefferson secretly advised them to offer over $9 million for Florida and New Orleans. Napoléon initially resisted U.S. offers, but changed his mind in 1803
Explanation:
Judaism, Christianity, and Islamic
We would have more money in our pockets.