According to the mythology Ramayan happened first and then comes mahabharat.
There are some evidence that does suggest the happening of a great war about 3500 years ago which could be the origin of the epic of Mahabharat but no historical or archeological evidence is available for Ramayan.
He used this to keep the communists away because they were weaker than us and could not afford to be attacked; we could.
South of Egypt I think I just looked at the map
