"The Middle East is a major focus of world interest. This revised and updated atlas provides accessible, concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Middle East, combining maps with their geopolitical background. Providing a clear context for analysis of key concerns, it includes background topics, the position of the Middle East in the world and profiles of the constituent countries. " -- from publisher.
From the author of the bestselling The State of the World Atlas, here is an essential tool for understanding the Middle East and its pivotal role in global politics.
Features political, physical, and thematic maps of the Middle East and North Africa, and includes information on the geography, people, government, and economy of 25 countries.
It underscored Jordan's Arab and Islamic identity , its free enterprise economic system , and the importance of agriculture— " a basic pillar " —in the national economy . Jordan's " unique " relationship with ...
This tenth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, placing international issues and conflicts in their most recent geographical contexts through the integration of a hundred maps.
Kingsbury, R.C., and Pounds, N.J.G. An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs. New York, 1963. Kingston, Paul W.T. Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East, 1945– 1958. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
These are the bad dreams of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously."--New York Times "A compact, versatile and politically imaginative work of reference."--New Statesman
The Middle East and North Africa as defined by Blake, Dewdney, and Mitchell, The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East ... in the region.77 A more recent atlas is An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs by Ewan W. for this Atlas the Middle East ...
This volume analyzes the role of ruling elites, Islamists, and others, as well as variables such as bureaucracy, patronage, the strength of security apparatuses, and ideological legitimacy to ascertain regimes’ life expectancies and these ...
The regimes of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah In 1921, Reza Khan, a colonel serving in the Cossack Brigade, instigated a coup d'état, and seized power alongside a pro-British journalist, Seyyed Zia el-din Tabatabaie.
REFERENCES Shlaim A. The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World. London: Penguin, 2001. ... THE MIDDLE EAST'S OIL EXPORT MARKETS Oil – inter-area movement & Oil consumption –tonnes. ... Wikipedia: First Barbary War, Iran–Contra affair.