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I know the Greeks came close with some geometry problems, as well. I wonder if they and others failed to make the next step because they lacked a place value math, which allows for easier algebra. I also wonder whether we would have advanced much farther, much faster had any of these civilizations made those connections.
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Hell, the Greeks had steam engines. I get the picture that if the Greeks had a bit of a shove, they could have triggered an industrial revolution all the way back in 200BC. I can see using something like this to power a war trireme, for example. That creates a demand for coal, and demand for coal is one of the major shoves that factored into the steam engine's adaptation.