Iraq and the Persian Gulf / by Naval Intelligence Division.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naval Intelligence Division, author.

Series:

Geographical handbook series.

Geographical Handbook Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Persian Gulf Region--Geography.

Persian Gulf Region.

Iraq--Geography.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (848 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

Saudi Arabia

Notes:

First published 2005 by Kegan Paul Ltd.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2014).

ISBN:

1-136-89273-7

1-315-03024-1

1-136-89266-4

9781315030241

OCLC:

890090459