Middle East patterns places, peoples, and politics
pt. 1. Physical and cultural geography -- 1. Tricontinental junction : an introduction -- 2. Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations -- 3. The lands and the waters -- 4. The skies and the winds : climate -- 5. Soils, vegetation, and animal life -- 6. Patterns of peoples and cultures -...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Boulder, Colo, Oxford
Westview
2000
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| Ausgabe: | 3. ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Middle East studies
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | pt. 1. Physical and cultural geography -- 1. Tricontinental junction : an introduction -- 2. Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations -- 3. The lands and the waters -- 4. The skies and the winds : climate -- 5. Soils, vegetation, and animal life -- 6. Patterns of peoples and cultures -- 7. The desert and the sown : land use -- 8. Riches beneath the Earth -- 9. Manufacturing and transportation -- 10. Where people congregate -- 11. The Earth and the state : geopolitics -- pt. 2. Regional geography -- 12. Syria : Middle East heartland -- 13. Lebanon and Cyprus : a mountain and an island -- 14. Jordan : the land beyond -- 15. Israel, "Palestine," and disputed territories -- 16. Iraq : modern Mesopotamia -- 17. Saudi Arabia : development in the desert -- 18. The Gulf and its oil states -- 19. Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe -- 20. Egypt : a river and a people -- 21. Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia -- 22. Iran : complex republic on the plateau. pt. 1.Physical and cultural geography -- 1.Tricontinental junction : an introduction -- 2.Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations -- 3. Thelands and the waters -- 4. Theskies and the winds : climate -- 5.Soils, vegetation, and animal life -- 6.Patterns of peoples and cultures -- 7. Thedesert and the sown : land use -- 8.Riches beneath the Earth -- 9.Manufacturing and transportation -- 10.Where people congregate -- 11. TheEarth and the state : geopolitics -- pt. 2.Regional geography -- 12.Syria : Middle East heartland -- 13.Lebanon and Cyprus : a mountain and an island -- 14.Jordan : the land beyond -- 15.Israel, "Palestine," and disputed territories -- 16.Iraq : modern Mesopotamia -- 17.Saudi Arabia : development in the desert -- 18. TheGulf and its oil states -- 19.Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe -- 20.Egypt : a river and a people -- 21.Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia -- 22.Iran : complex republic on the plateau. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-539) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXI, 562 S Ill., Kt 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 0813334888 0-8133-3488-8 |