Requests for trivia or basic historical facts are off-topic if they can be easily answered by looking up the relevant topic on Wikipedia. We're trying to complement common historical references, not duplicate them. Closed 8 years ago. If we look for example to Romans and Greeks we will find that they had great empires, they invaded a lot of countries and established civilizations outside their countries. Why didn't ancient Egyptians have the same although their civilization lasted a long time and affected the following eras? in other words, why didn't Egyptians expand outside their land?