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Well, if we talk about battles, they seem to be very common in whole of Europe, according to this map: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAH3_cHXoAAgy22.jpg (taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK5OsDWYJmQ)

Although I'm not sure if this isn't because Europe has more written history than the other places.

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The other regions of Europe don’t include that big of a timespan, from 400-500 BCE to the contemporary era. The only exception is the Italian peninsula and its Northern region (the Po Plain). That’s what also made a guy like Byron to fight and die at Missolonghi, doing it on some desolate field in Northern France or present-day Belgium would have meant nothing for him.

Byron didn't fight there and died of disease, not combat.

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