TY  - BOOK
AU  - Held,Colbert C.
AU  - Cummings,John Thomas
AU  - Cotter,John V.
TI  - Middle East patterns: places, peoples, and politics 
AV  - 439 DS 44 H474m 2011
U1  - 915.6 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Boulder, CO
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Geography
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Oriente Medio
KW  - Geografía
KW  - Condicion Social
KW  - Política y gobierno
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 -- Glossary -- Geological time chart
ER  -