ABSTRACT

This book covers the Middle East from a topical or systematic perspective focusing on the states of the Gulf and southern Arabian Peninsula. It includes the dramatic developments in the Arab world across North Africa and in the heart of the Middle East since late 2010 termed as the "Arab Spring.".

part 1|279 pages

Physical and Cultural Geography

chapter 1|10 pages

Tricontinental Junction

An Introduction

chapter 3|24 pages

Patterns of Time

Historical-Geographical Foundations

chapter 8|27 pages

The Earth and the State

Geopolitics

chapter 9|29 pages

The Earth and the State

Conflicts on the Ground

part 2|387 pages

Regional Geography

chapter 10|29 pages

Syria

Middle East Heartland

chapter 11|30 pages

Lebanon and Cyprus

A Mountain and an Island

chapter 12|21 pages

Jordan

The Land Beyond and Between

chapter 13|46 pages

Israel and Palestine

One Land, Two Polities

chapter 14|36 pages

Iraq

Modern Mesopotamia

chapter 15|31 pages

Saudi Arabia

Development in the Desert

chapter 18|25 pages

Yemen

chapter 19|32 pages

Egypt

A River and a People

chapter 20|33 pages

Turkey

Bridgeland in Anatolia

chapter 21|33 pages

Iran

Complex Republic on the Plateau