pt. 1. Physical and cultural geography
1. Tricontinental junction : an introduction
2. Patterns of time : historical-geographical foundations
3. The lands and the waters
4. The skies and the winds : climate
5. Soils, vegetation, and animal life
6. Patterns of peoples and cultures
7. The desert and the sown : land use
8. Riches beneath the Earth
9. Manufacturing and transportation
10. Where people congregate
11. The Earth and the state : geopolitics
pt. 2. Regional geography
12. Syria : Middle East heartland
13. Lebanon and Cyprus : a mountain and an island
14. Jordan : the land beyond
15. Israel, "Palestine," and disputed territories
16. Iraq : modern Mesopotamia
17. Saudi Arabia : development in the desert
18. The Gulf and its oil states
19. Oman and Yemen : the southern fringe
20. Egypt : a river and a people
21. Turkey : bridgeland in Anatolia
22. Iran : complex republic on the plateau.
