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Travel, Description and travel, G1785 .P6 1963, 912.56

"In the Middle East, perhaps more than anywhere else, politics depends on geography. In the past, the Middle East's fluid natural boundaries,...
Show more"In the Middle East, perhaps more than anywhere else, politics depends on geography. In the past, the Middle East's fluid natural boundaries, stretching from the low-lying desert plain into three continents, permitted unparalleled expansion of its native empires, and its importance as a crossroads between Africa, Europe, and the Far East increased in each century. Today, there are added factors of significance--primarily, a disproportionate and fabulous wealth in oil and the strategic value of Middle Eastern states, located directly below Soviet territory, but connected to the West through their commerce and, to some extent their past politics and present military alliances. Here is an atlas that provides a precise and cogent summary--in 58 maps and accompanying text--of the basic geographic, national, and cultural factors that distinguish this region today. The authors provide maps and commentary first on the Middle East as a whole--its climate, physical geography, agriculture, political divisions, economics, languages, and religions-- and on significant features ranging from the placement of oil pipelines and refineries to the sources and irrigation basin of the Nile River. They also survey the most important political and religious developments of the past: the expansion and decline of the Ottoman Empire; the spread of the religion of Islam; and imperial colonies, concession, and protectorates from Alexander to World War II. The second half of the atlas contains maps and text on the historical background, geography, economics, and current politics of every country of the Middle East." -- Publisher's description
The Middle East as a geographic region. Current political divisions -- Major relief features -- Climate - Vegetation -- Irrigation -- The ancient Middle East -- The classical world -- The rise of Islam -- Turks and the crusades -- The Moslem empires in decline -- World War I -- Between the wars, 1918-39 -- Population -- Linguistic and religious communities : Predominant languages ; Predominant religions -- Resources and welfare -- Petroleum : Reserves ; Concessions and deposits ; Production ; Pipeline and refineries -- Nations of the Middle East. Iran : Physical features ; Land resources and people ; Foreign influence and incursions ; World War II and after -- Turkey : The modern state ; The Turkish straits ; Turkey and Russia ; Turkey and Greece -- Cyprus -- Syria : After World War I ; Under French control ; Syria today -- Lebanon -- Iraq : Iraq and its neighbors ; Aspects of landscape and life ; Iraq today -- Jordan -- Saudi Arabia -- Kuwait and the neutral zones -- Bahrain and Qatar -- Muscat and the Trucial states -- Aden and the Aden protectorate -- Yemen -- Egypt : The landscape ; The Nile River ; Waters of the Nile ; The Suez Canal ; The United Arab States, 1958-61 -- Libya -- Israel : Palestine ; The emergence of the state -- Palestine refugees ; The canal and the gulf -- The Jordan River -- The central treaty organization.
Text by Norman J.G. Pounds ; maps by Robert C. Kingsbury.
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Narrative of a voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and along the shores of the Mediterranean, including a visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece: With observations on the present state and prospects of Egypt and Palestine, and on the climate, natural history, antiquities, etc, of the countries visited

Description and travel, D973 .W67 1840

By W.R. Wilde.
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D973 .W67 1840
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vol. 1
Item-ID: i15799384
BIB-ID: 1016751
Show moreBy W.R. Wilde.
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D973 .W67 1840
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vol. 1
Item-ID: i15799384
BIB-ID: 1016751
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Narrative of a voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and along the shores of the Mediterranean, including a visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece: With observations on the present state and prospects of Egypt and Palestine, and on the climate, natural history, antiquities, etc, of the countries visited

Description and travel, D973 .W67 1840

By W.R. Wilde.
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D973 .W67 1840
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vol. 2
Item-ID: i23596983
BIB-ID: 1016751
Show moreBy W.R. Wilde.
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D973 .W67 1840
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vol. 2
Item-ID: i23596983
BIB-ID: 1016751
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Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Part 2, section 3. Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land

Description and travel, D975 .C53 1816

Edward Daniel Clarke.
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D975 .C53 1816
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vol.1
Item-ID: i10233787
BIB-ID: 1025014
Show moreEdward Daniel Clarke.
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D975 .C53 1816
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Item-ID: i10233787
BIB-ID: 1025014
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