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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_navy The Ancient Egyptians had both had a navy and an empire

• beat 8y ago
  Indeed, right at the top of the article, it states they had to travel to Lebanon to get wood suitable for military ships. This sort of thing makes naval power costly, relative to having suitable trees growing right by your ports. That said, Egypt has always been a major regional power. Why? Geography. It has the Nile delta, a great breadbasket. And it has control of one side of the Red Sea, the natural seagoing trade route between the Mediterranean basin and Asia. Egypt will always be important due to those two geographic features.
  • mcguire 8y ago
    The major difference between Egypt and the nearby powers of the bronze and early iron ages was that it was surrounded by desert on two sides of the heartland, the Nile valley. Few managed to invade successfully and the only major threats were from Libya, Kush, and the Levant.