<span>Cataracts (the white water rapids of the Nile) prevented potential invasions using the River Nile--but they also kept Egyptians from getting very far. The cataracts harmed the Egyptians because it held back ships that tried to move though the River Nile.</span>
They actually one died only hours apart Alice Lee died of Brights disease a severe kidney aliment and his mother died of typhoid fever.
The farm land of the Fertile Crescent that made agriculture easy for the people.
