02799cam a2200469 i 4500 125082 20230410103922.0 130429s2014 coua b 001 0 eng 17715627 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2013016715 9780813348773 (pbk.) 9780813348780 (e-book) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc aw----- 439 DS 44 H474m 2014 915.6 Held, Colbert C., author. Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics / Colbert C. Held, Baylor University ; John Thomas Cummings, former USAID economist ; cartography by John V. Cotter. 6 ed. Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014 xxv, 700 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-684) and index. List of maps, illustrations, and tables -- Preface and acknowledgments to the sixth edition -- A note on transliteration -- Part one. Physical and cultural geography: 1. Tricontinental junction: an introduction; 2. The face of the earth; 3. Patterns of time: historical-geographical foundations; 4. Patterns of peoples, cultures, and settlements: a demographic overview; 5. The desert and the sown: land use; 6. Riches beneath the earth; 7. Manufacturing and transportation; 8. The earth and the state: geopolitics; 9. The earth and the state: conflicts on the ground -- Part two. Regional geography: 10. Syria: Middle East heartland; 11. Lebanon and Cyprus: a mountain and an island; 12. Jordan: the land beyond and between; 13. Israel and Palestine: one land, two polities; 14. Iraq: modern Mesopotamia; 15. Saudi Arabia: development in the desert; 16. Three city states along the Gulf; 17. The Horn of Arabia; 18. Yemen: Arabia felix; 19. Egypt: a river and a people; 20. Turkey: bridgeland in Anatolia; 21. Iran: complex republic on the plateau -- Glossary -- Geological time chart -- Partial bibliography. Continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative geographical study of the Middle East. Middle East. Middle East Geography. Middle East Social conditions. Middle East Politics and government. Medio Oriente Geografía. Medio Oriente Condición social. Medio Oriente Política y govierno. Cummings, John Thomas, author. Cotter, John V., cartographer. dpf 28425 28425 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 439 DS 44 H474m 2014 00000117348 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk