3500 years ago, Egypt broke out in wealth and power. The main cause of this was because of the architecture that they improved upon with the help of gold and gold mines. Digging for gold was a very important discovery. Gold gave the Egyptians wealth, power, and money which they could do just about anything with.
Having been along the Nile River, Egyptians had a huge advantage. They used the annual flooding to help grow crops. The second best technological advance was when they started to build dykes to control the water flow to where it would help farming. It continued farming and agriculture in Egyptian life.
Writing is the third most important development. It allowed education to expand and was the main cause job development. Egyptians wrote mainly in hieroglyphics and hieratic. It also made communication possible and it set the hierarchy.
Medicine and the discovery of human anatomy is the fourth most important technological development. Much of it was based on spiritual means along with myth and legend. They were the first to have actual physicians and doctors compared to medicine men that only used remedies based on belief.
Finally, astronomy. The Egyptians knew the years, months, and days all around and they were very aware of time in general. They used the patterns of the stars and the sun to figure out time. This continued over many years and led us to where we are today. The times of day also influenced how they built buildings in certain directions (towards or away from the sun).
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