What aspects if Egyptian geography helped keep her(her reffering to egypt) safe from attack?

Question

hi this is my first question and its really important i get the answer today please help me.

The question is reffering to egypts natural barriers mostly ancient egypt

Answer 1

I would say the Sahara desert.

Attackers would need to risk dehydration and sandstorms to get through it.

Answer 2

I don't really think that geography helped it from raids. on the contrary, i think what made it susceptible to continuous raids and occupation sometimes was because its geography.
Raids came from across the sea mainly, which was obviously not a barrier at all (to certain raiders).
Also came from the West (Libya Now) and from the East through Sinai.
Egypt had something valuable that all raiders look at with envy, which is the agricultural community with all its relative wealth and prosperity in comparison to most of the raiders (Beduins, nomads, people who consistently not settling in one place for a long time, locusts behaviour)
Egypt borders therefore extended to defend its own mainland.

Answer 3

Egypt is surrounded by deserts, which would be hazardous to go across especially in ancient times. Also the cataracts, basically waterfalls, would not allow easy travel up the river towards the ocean, hence ancient Egypt. Plus the Nile creates a large delta at the mouth (ocean), which is basically a big wetland. hard to march an army across that.

Answer 4

The deserts, the seas, are the greatest and most significant boundaries.

The Nile provides a boundary of sorts. The cataracts and waterfalls are a secondary boundary.

The marshes of the Nile may provide another boundary, but I don't know. Those of you more familiar with Egypt, might you weigh in?

Answer 5

Let's just go with the obvious - a desert (Sahara) and the longest river in the world (Nile). The Egyptians, and their beloved greyhounds, could see any invaders very quickly. The desert and river provided barriers to quick attacks.

Answer 6

who ever asked you this, just tell them an Egyptian lady affirms that nothing kept Egypt safe from attacks, that it was constantly invaded ever since the Hyksos, thousands of years ago. :)

Answer 7

One of the largest deserts in the world is on one side, one of the largest rivers is on the other, and then there's a sea above it. Also, it's a desolate wasteland that's not really worth fighting for.

Answer 8

Location, location, location: immense desert expanse.