way to communicate with native. for record-keeping of trade, history and culture

status of symbol among nations on how they advanced their technology

medicine to cure illness

allow men to build shelters

alliance with other tribe / security and protection

to go places

great builders and architects

first writing system

for livelihood (food processing)

first to produce sunbaked bricks

sacred place for their chief god

faster easier travel

to dig ( water waste faster)

bring water to the farmlands

build for his wife

who build the hanging garden of babylon

used for record-keeping

more portable for record-keeping

for rich egyptians to protect their balds

to highlight face features

sacred carving

time-keeping