According to Map 2

question 26

Multiple Choice

According to Map 2.2, "Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean," which of the following would have made Egypt a difficult region to invade, as some historians have suggested?

• A) The deserts surrounded the narrow swath of land occupied by the kingdom.
• B) The Nile River cut straight through the heart of the kingdom.
• C) The Red Sea could make passage through much of the Arabian Desert especially difficult.
• D) The waters of the Mediterranean Sea where it meets the Nile Delta were rough.

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