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The durability of the state which thus evolved was ensured by the overwhelming simplicity and power of its central institution, the theocratic monarchy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\"The Egyptians did not share the Babylonian passion for astrology, but they used the stars as one of many guides to behavior. No Egyptian believed in a free exercise of will in important decisions: he always looked for an omen or a prophecy or an oracle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\"The development of hieroglyphics mirrors and epitomizes the history of Egyptian civilization. . . . No one outside Egypt understood it and even within Egypt it was the exclusive working tool of the ruling and priestly classes. 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