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National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East, Second Edition (National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East)
National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East, Second Edition (National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East)
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Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic
Category: Book

List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars(3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 236324

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5

ISBN: 1426202210
Dewey Decimal Number: 912.56
EAN: 9781426202216
ASIN: 1426202210

Publication Date: April 15, 2008
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
With worldwide attention focused on the Middle East, National Geographic provides extraordinary coverage of the region, rich with history and culture but ravaged by war and conflict. National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East, Second Edition maps and profiles three new countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sudan. The spread on religion is extended to include an analysis of Sunni and Shi?ite dynamics while the ethnic coverage is expanded to document the plight and increasing influence of the Kurds. New city maps of Istanbul and Dubai are added, as well as a new Israeli-Palestinian Conflict spread with an in-depth time line of 15 maps. A variety of themes are presented, from religion, population, and ethnic and linguistic groups to oil, fresh water, and development indicators such as trade, foreign aid, infant mortality, urbanization, and education. Pictures, flags, fact boxes, and graphs complement these powerful, newsworthy topics. A time line to 2008 and a place-name index make this new atlas a valuable, topical, and fascinating reference.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East   July 26, 2008
  0 out of 2 found this review helpful

Concise but very useful. Good choices by the editors of what to include. Very good value for the price.


5 out of 5 stars Let's see. where is the oil now?   July 12, 2008
  0 out of 2 found this review helpful

An excellent Atlas that has lots of good pictures and atlas type information on middle eastern countries. I believe National Geographic has a map that is far more detailed, for free, in one of their subscription magazines sent monthly. I don't know what Google maps has on the Middle East? I watch the evening news with this book nearby. Helps some.


4 out of 5 stars Handy sized atlas and reference for mid east countries   June 26, 2008
  4 out of 4 found this review helpful

There is a two page spread for each country with a map and basic stats for the country. Additional regional maps show info about climate, land use, population, religions, languages, oil, water, food, historical sites and various conflicts. There is a multi-page history timeline. The maps are similar to those in their big world atlas 8th edition but they are a little more colorful. This is a handy size to keep near your TV news watching chair. As with most Nat Geo atlas they print right up into the binding but with the larger atlas it lays open flat and this is a feature but with this smaller book you loose some data in the crease. There is a place map inside the front cover to easily locate each country's map.


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