http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xiv, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
List of figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Prologue -- [ch.] 1. Introduction -- [ch.] 2. Land sructure and form -- [ch.] 3. Climate -- [ch.] 4. Soils and vegetation -- [ch.] 5. Two key resources : Water, Petroleum -- [ch.] 6. Historical geography - [ch.] 7. People and population -- [ch.] 8. Society -- [ch.] 9. Economy -- [ch.] 10. The states of the Middle East -- [ch.] 11. t Geopolitics -- Epilogue.
Revision of: The Middle East / W.B. Fisher. 1978.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-323) and index.