Middle East patterns places, peoples, and politics - Held, Colbert C.; Cummings, John Thomas; Cotter, John V. (Boulder, Colorado Westview Press, 2014)
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 -- Syria: Middle East heartland -- Lebanon and Cyprus: A mountain and an island -- Jordan: the land beyond and between -- Israel, Palestine, and disputed territories -- Iraq: modern mesopotamia -- Saudi Arabia: development in the desert -- The Gulf and its oil states -- Oman and Yemen: the Southern fringe -- Egypt: a river and a people -- Turkey: bridgeland in Anatolia -- Iran: complex republic on the plateau.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-684) and index.
Keywords: Middle East; Middle East -- Geography; Middle East -- Social conditions; Middle East -- Politics and government