01955cam a22003134a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006504300120007805000260009008200140011610000210013024501350015125000120028626000420029830000420034050400510038250509080043365000170134165000280135865000360138665000420142265000190146465000320148365000370151565000420155270000270159470000200162111224220230410103922.0100304s2011    couab    b    001 0 eng    a16119699  aaw-----14a439 DS 44bH474m 201100a915.62221 aHeld, Colbert C.10aMiddle East patterns :bplaces, peoples, and politics /cColbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter.  a5th ed.  aBoulder, CO :bWestview Press,c2011.  axxiii, 659 p. :bill., maps ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.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 -- Glossary -- Geological time chart. 0aMiddle East. 0aMiddle EastxGeography. 0aMiddle EastxSocial conditions. 0aMiddle EastxPolitics and government. 4aOriente Medio. 4aOriente MedioxGeografía. 4aOriente MedioxCondicion Social. 4aOriente MedioxPolítica y gobierno.1 aCummings, John Thomas.1 aCotter, John V.