02026cam a22003494a 4500 112242 20230410103922.0 100304s2011 couab b 001 0 eng 16119699 aw----- 439 DS 44 H474m 2011 915.6 22 Held, Colbert C. Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter. 5th ed. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2011. xxiii, 659 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. 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. Middle East. Middle East Geography. Middle East Social conditions. Middle East Politics and government. Oriente Medio. Oriente Medio Geografía. Oriente Medio Condicion Social. Oriente Medio Política y gobierno. Cummings, John Thomas. Cotter, John V. lcc bk dpf 28424 28424 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 439 DS 44 H474m 2011 00000102765 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk