It protected them invaders.
hot climating.
Rome is not surrounded by desert.
Being surrounded by deserts benefited Egypt in that no one could not conquer or attack them.
Because Egypt was surrounded by desserts it rarely was attacked. Would you rather attack a village surrounded by plains? or a village surrounded by a large dessert?
The Egyptian pyramids can be found in the desert of Giza, after which they are named.
Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, is surrounded by the Sonoran Desert.
To the right and sort of north of the Egyptian settlements was the ocean and boats weren't very common then and to the left was the Sahara desert and no one could cross that.
The Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
bushmen
No
The Sechura Desert is surrounded by the country of Peru.
Set was a ancient Egyptian god of the desert.