Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics /
Held, Colbert C.
Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held ; with the assistance of Mildred McDonald Held ; cartography by John V. Cotter. - 4th ed. - Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2005. - p. 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.
0813341701 (alk. paper)
2005007243
Middle East.
Medio Oriente.
439 DS 44 / H474m 2005
915.6
Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held ; with the assistance of Mildred McDonald Held ; cartography by John V. Cotter. - 4th ed. - Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2005. - p. 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.
0813341701 (alk. paper)
2005007243
Middle East.
Medio Oriente.
439 DS 44 / H474m 2005
915.6