The Ancient Egyptian civilisation was first developing around 3000 BC. They were settlers and farmers meaning that because they did not have to constantly move home they had more time to learn and discover about science and medicine. They had two types of doctors: priest-magicians who dealt with disease and illness supposedly caused by the Gods, or evil-spirits and physicians who dealt with diseases with natural causes. The priest-magicians would provide potions and charms to ward …
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…in many areas on the Egyptians, such as causes of disease and preservation of health, but the Egyptians were earlier than the Greeks and much of Greek medicine is built on Egyptian medicine and not original. Maybe if the Egyptians had not shared so much of their knowledge of science and medicine with the Greeks then the Greeks would not been as advanced as they were compared with the Egyptians. <Tab/>