Middle East patterns
Subtitle: places, peoples, and politics
By: Colbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter.
Contributors: Cummings, John Thomas.; Cotter, John V.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 659
ISBN-13: 9780813344010
Subjects: Middle East; Middle East -- Geography; Middle East -- Social conditions; Middle East -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Physical and cultural geography; title: Tricontinental junction : an introduction; title: The face of the Earth; title: Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations; title: Patterns of peoples, cultures, and settlements; title: The desert and the sown : land use; title: Riches beneath the earth; title: Manufacturing and transportation; title: The Earth and the state : geopolitics; title: pt. 2. Regional geography; title: Syria : Middle East heartland; title: Lebanon and Cyprus : a mountain and an island; title: Jordan : the land beyond and between; title: Israel, "Palestine," and the disputed territories; title: Iraq : modern Mesopotamia; title: Saudi Arabia : development in the desert; title: The Gulf and its oil states : an overview; title: Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe; title: Egypt : a river and a people; title: Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia between Europe and the Middle East; title: Iran : complex republic on the plateau; title: Glossary; title: Geological time chart.