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001 2010007783
003 DLC
005 20110104083207.0
008 100304s2011 couab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010007783
020 $a9780813344010 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aDS44$b.H418 2011
082 00 $a915.6$222
100 1 $aHeld, Colbert C.
245 10 $aMiddle East patterns :$bplaces, peoples, and politics /$cColbert C. Held and John Thomas Cummings ; cartography by John V. Cotter.
250 $a5th ed.
260 $aBoulder, CO :$bWestview Press,$cc2011.
300 $axxiii, 659 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 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.
651 0 $aMiddle East.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xGeography.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government.
700 1 $aCummings, John Thomas.
700 1 $aCotter, John V.