Middle East patterns
Subtitle: places, peoples, and politics
By: Colbert C. Held ; with the assistance of Mildred McDonald Held ; cartography by John V. Cotter.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 646
Subjects: Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Physical and cultural geography; title: Tricontinental junction : an introduction; title: Middle East preview; title: The Middle East : definition; title: Regional unity of empires; title: Aims and concepts : a glance; 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: 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: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates; title: Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe; title: Egypt : a river and a people; title: A view of Egypt; title: Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia between Europe and the Middle East; title: Iran : complex republic on the plateau; title: Young state, ancient land.