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Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held ; with the assistance of Mildred McDonald Held ; cartography by John V. Cotter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2005.Edition: 4th edDescription: p. cmISBN:
  • 0813341701 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 915.6
LOC classification:
  • 439 DS 44 H474m 2005
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Contents:
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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 439 DS 44 H474m 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000107913

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.

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