Middle East patterns :
Held, Colbert C.
Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter. - 5th ed. - Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2011. - xxiii, 659 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Physical and cultural geography -- Tricontinental junction : an introduction -- The face of the Earth -- Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations -- Patterns of peoples, cultures, and settlements -- The desert and the sown : land use -- Riches beneath the earth -- Manufacturing and transportation -- The Earth and the state : geopolitics -- pt. 2. Regional geography -- Syria : Middle East heartland -- Lebanon and Cyprus : a mountain and an island -- Jordan : the land beyond and between -- Israel, "Palestine," and the disputed territories -- Iraq : modern Mesopotamia -- Saudi Arabia : development in the desert -- The Gulf and its oil states : an overview -- Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe -- Egypt : a river and a people -- Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia between Europe and the Middle East -- Iran : complex republic on the plateau -- Glossary -- Geological time chart.
9780813344010 (alk. paper)
Middle East.
Middle East--Geography.
Middle East--Social conditions.
Middle East--Politics and government.
DS44 / .H41 2011
Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter. - 5th ed. - Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2011. - xxiii, 659 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Physical and cultural geography -- Tricontinental junction : an introduction -- The face of the Earth -- Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations -- Patterns of peoples, cultures, and settlements -- The desert and the sown : land use -- Riches beneath the earth -- Manufacturing and transportation -- The Earth and the state : geopolitics -- pt. 2. Regional geography -- Syria : Middle East heartland -- Lebanon and Cyprus : a mountain and an island -- Jordan : the land beyond and between -- Israel, "Palestine," and the disputed territories -- Iraq : modern Mesopotamia -- Saudi Arabia : development in the desert -- The Gulf and its oil states : an overview -- Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe -- Egypt : a river and a people -- Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia between Europe and the Middle East -- Iran : complex republic on the plateau -- Glossary -- Geological time chart.
9780813344010 (alk. paper)
Middle East.
Middle East--Geography.
Middle East--Social conditions.
Middle East--Politics and government.
DS44 / .H41 2011