Middle East patterns : places, peoples, and politics /: places, peoples, and politics. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cartography by John V. Cotter.
• Authors: Held, Colbert C; Cummings, John Thomas
• Other Names: Cotter, John V cartographer.
• Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments to the Sixth Edition -- A Note on Transliteration -- 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: A Demographic Overview -- The Desert and the Sown: Land Use -- Riches Beneath the Earth -- Manufacturing And Transportation -- The Earth And State: Geopolitics -- The Earth And The State: Conflicts on the ground -- Regional Geography -- Manufacturing and Transportation: Middle East Heartland -- Lebanon And Cyprus: A Mountain And An Island -- Lebanon And Cyprus: The Land Beyond And Between -- Israel And Palestine: One Land, Two Polities -- Iraq: Modern Mesopotamia -- Saudi Arabia -- Three City States Along the Gulf -- The Horn of Arabia -- Yemen Arabia Felix -- Egypt A River And A People -- Turkey Bridgeland in Anatolia -- Iran: Complex Republic on the Plateau -- Partial Bibliography
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Subjects: 915.6; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-; Middle East -- Geography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429973086
• Related ISBNs: 9780429962004; 9780429984167; 9780429493454
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.