TY - BOOK AU - Held,Colbert C. TI - Middle East patterns: places, peoples, and politics SN - 0813341701 (alk. paper) AV - 439 DS 44 H474m 2005 U1 - 915.6 PY - 2005/// CY - Boulder, CO PB - Westview Press KW - Middle East KW - Medio Oriente N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005007243.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2005007243-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2005007243-d.html ER -