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050	0	0	_aDS44 _b.H41 2011
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100	1		_aHeld, Colbert C.
245	1	0	_aMiddle East patterns : _bplaces, peoples, and politics / _cColbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter.
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aBoulder, CO : _bWestview Press, _cc2011.
300			_axxiii, 659 p. : _bill., maps ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_apt. 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.
651		0	_aMiddle East.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xGeography.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xPolitics and government.
700	1		_aCummings, John Thomas.
700	1		_aCotter, John V.
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