Geography: Moroni is a new city that was designed as part of the defensive system. It was one of the cities guarding the east seaward entrance into Book of Mormon lands. In Sorenson’s correlation to the topography of the Tehuantepec area, Moroni would be located on the north east of the Nephite territory. The Lamanite march would have been a long march around the Nephite lands through the eastern wilderness before emerging onto the lowlands in the gulf. This is a somewhat new area of approach for the Lamanites, requiring them to travel further east that when they attached through Antionum and on to Jershon. The reason for attacking this particular location was that the Sidon emptied into this gulf, and access to the lower Sidon meant access to the Sidon river valley which was the heartland of the Nephite holdings.