Natural resources for example mountains made hard for Egyptian to communicate
Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they thought that Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required transportation and navigation skills to travel.
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Answer: It was a very tough situation especially after losing a war and having to start a war against Germans and Germans like a revolution after the defeat.
The United States emerged from the war as a world military and industrial leader. Unlike the war-torn cities of Europe the homes and industries of the nation were relatively unscathed by the Great War. The late entry of the US meant that fewer men had lost their lives than in Europe