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035			_a13896121
010			_a 2005007243
020			_a0813341701 (alk. paper)
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050	1	4	_a439 DS 44 _bH474m 2005
082	0	0	_a915.6
100	1		_aHeld, Colbert C.
245	1	0	_aMiddle East patterns : _bplaces, peoples, and politics / _cColbert C. Held ; with the assistance of Mildred McDonald Held ; cartography by John V. Cotter.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aBoulder, CO : _bWestview Press, _c2005.
263			_a0507
300			_ap. 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.
650		0	_aMiddle East.
650		4	_aMedio Oriente.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005007243.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2005007243-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2005007243-d.html
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946			_aJaaM
963			_aKay Mariea; phone: 720-406-7271; fax: 720-406-7337; email: kay.mariea@perseusbooks.com; bc: joanne.fallert@harpercollins.com
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