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Egypt was incredibly well protected. To the east was the near endless desert and to the north was the untamed Mediterranean. Their only threats were from the east and the south. The eastern passage was bottle necked by the Red Sea. The Kushites to the south were trading partners and later were...

Egypt was incredibly well protected. To the east was the near endless desert and to the north was the untamed Mediterranean. Their only threats were from the east and the south. The eastern passage was bottle necked by the Red Sea. The Kushites to the south were trading partners and later were...

Those aren't really good choices. What about Greece, Persia or India? I would say Bengal, since that is where every Indian empire ever started from.

They were more desperate and they fought differently. When nomadic tribes migrated, they brought everything they had with them, so they had much more to lose if they were defeated. The fact that they had nowhere to go home to if they were defeated also made them even more determined. Nomadic...