What contributions did Egypt made to the world?

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They hosted the great Greek thinking centers in Alexandria, which served mankind for two thousand years. Some of the Egyptian culture was adapted by the Greeks (such as in Architecture), however, most was just Greek thinkers. This group of men and their works were absorbed eventually by Rome, which founded western civilization.