LEADER 00000cam a2200661Ia 4500 001 ocn890090459 003 OCoLC 005 20170728052255.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140906s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng d 019 905693805 020 9781136892660|q(electronic book) 020 1136892664|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780710310422 020 |z0710310420 035 (OCoLC)890090459|z(OCoLC)905693805 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dN$T|dE7B|dOCLCF|dYDXCP|dTYFRS |dOCLCQ 043 a-iq---|aap----- 049 RIDW 050 4 DS67.8 072 7 TRV|x003000|2bisacsh 082 04 915.67|223 090 DS67.8 245 00 Iraq and the Persian Gulf /|cby Naval Intelligence Division. 264 1 London :|bRoutledge,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (848 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Geographical handbook series 500 Saudi Arabia. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; I. Introduction; Boundaries, Position, and Extent; Geographical Divisions and Regional Terms; The Persian Gulf; History; People; Administrative Divisions; Irrigation and Agriculture; Communications; Oil; Spelling of Names; Sources of Information; II. Geology and Description of the Land; Geology; Western Desert Plains; Mountain Region of the North and East; The Silt-filled Depression of Mesopotamia; Description of the Land; Mesopotamian Plain; Regimes of the Euphrates and Tigris; Euphrates in Iraq. 505 8 Tigris in IraqShatt al Arab; Recession of the Persian Gulf; Pattern of the Mountains; Pattern of the Mountain Rivers; Regional Description; Lower Delta Lands; Upper Delta Lands; Jazira of Iraq; Assyrian Plains and Foothills; Mountain Basins of Diyala and Adhaim; Mountain Basins of Little Zab; Mountain Basins of Great Zab; Mountain Basins of Khabur; Sand-deserts of Northern Arabia; Wadi Batin; Southern Deserts; Western Desert of Wadiyan; Settlements and Oases; III. Coasts of the Persian Gulf; Introduction; Musandam Peninsula and Ruus al Jibal Promontory; Arabian Coast; Pirate Coast. 505 8 Trucial CoastQatar Peninsula; Salwa to Qatif; Bahrein Islands; Qatif to Ras al Ardh; Head of the Gulf; Coast of Kuwait; Coast of Iraq; Shatt al Arab to Ras al Bahrgan; Persian Coast; Ras al Bahrgan to Bushire; Tangistan Coast; Shibkuh Coast; Lingeh to Minab; IV. Climate, Vegetation, and Fauna; Climate; Summary; Pressure and Winds; Temperature; Humidity; Precipitation; Dust-storms; Visibility; Sunshine and Cloud; Vegetation; Soils; Types of Vegetation; Biological Types; Syrian Desert; River- banks, Marshes, and Canals; Mesopotamian Plains; Assyrian Plains and Kurdish Foothills. 505 8 Kurdish MountainsFauna; Mammals; Birds; Snakes, Lizards, & c.; Fishes; V. History; Sumerian and Babylonian Period; Sumer and Akkad; Supremacy of Babylon; Egyptians and Hittites; Rise of Assyria; Assyrian Empire; Fall of Assyria; Babylonian Way of Life; Persian Achaemenid Empire; Classical Period; Alexander and Seleucid Empire; Parthian Empire; Parthian Mesopotamia; Commerce and Trade Routes; Sassanid Empire; Wars; Religion; Arab Caliphates; Moslem Conquest; Omayyad Caliphate; Abbasid Caliphate; Seljuks and Turks; Non-Moslems; Civilization; Ottoman Empire; Mongols and Turkomans. 505 8 Turko-Persian ConflictsInternal Affairs; Mamluk Pashas; Arab Tribes; Wahhabis of Nejd; Dynasties of Kurdistan; European Trade; Reformed Administration; Tribal Policy; Foreign Relations and the Persian Gulf; The War of 1914- 18; Modern Iraq; From Mandate to Independence; Iraqi Nationalism; Origins of the Mandate; Arab Revolt; New Constitution; Anglo-Iraqi Treaty; Working of the Mandate; Independent Iraq; Political Methods and Crises; Army in Politics; Anti-Zionism; Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941; Minority Problems; Kurdistan and Mosul; Assyrians; Other Minorities; Foreign Relations; Persia. 520 First Published in 2005. 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