Ancient Egypt

It is located where the Nile River meets the Red Sea

It is located where the Nile River meets the

Mediterranean Sea

It is located where the Nile River meets the

Dead Sea

It is located where the Nile River meets the

Sahara desert

They formed natural water ways that

allowed foreign invaders to sail freely.

Cataracts make traveling by ship along the Nile difficult.

Their steep cliffs, large boulders, fast-moving waters formed natural boundaries that kept

Egypt protected from invasion.

Steep cliffs and large boulders form dangerous, fast-moving waters made traveling by ship along the Nile easier

Arabian Desert and Dead Sea

First Cataract and second cataract

Nile delta and Mediterranean

The Eastern Desert and the Western Desert

They formed natural boundaries that didn't allow

Egypt to thrive or prosper

They formed natural boundaries that left

Egypt unprotected from invasion.

They formed natural defenses,

allowing the Egyptian culture to thrive.

They formed natural boundaries that kept

the Pyramids protected from thousands of years.

The Red Sea is located east of the Nile. It was useful for travel and trade, especially with other cultures to the east

The Mediterranean Sea is located east of the Nile. It was

useful for travel and trade, especially with other

cultures to the east

The Dead Sea is located east of the Nile. It was

useful for travel and trade, especially with other

cultures to the east

The Baltic Sea is located east of the Nile. It was

useful for travel and trade, especially with other

cultures to the east