The nations of north africa differ greatly from the nations of sub-saharan africa. how might physical geography play a role in these differences? culturally, the countries of morocco, algeria, tunisia, libya, and egypt are more closely tied to the neighboring middle east. discuss why this is the case, citing specific examples.

Because they have a different climate and with a desert to the south and an ocean and sea to the north and west they have to go east for their trade

The nations of the north africa are greatly different form those of the nations of the sub saharan africa as they have a physical barrier that divided them and culturally they are tied to the same cultural realms of the middle east nations as they share same history and the same patterns of livelihood.

Explanation:

The cultural and physiological differences between the northern zones and those of the southern zone are divided by geographic desert zones. And the development of the atlas mountains also has an impact on the coastal sides and prevailing winds tat gets deflected to the other sides in the northern hemisphere.  The tropical savanna ad the desertic conditions of the region is a major barrier that differentiates the lands. Based on the cultural origin, northern Africa and the sub-Saharan form a transition one of the coastal lands in the north where it is close to the middle east. As the middle east is Islamic dominated and the sub-Saharan is the Christian dominate zone of the colonization effect and is thus distinct and thus the African continent had a distinct and colonial past.

The peak above is part of the  sierra madre occidentals ,  a chain of volcanic mountains that runs through the middle of central america.