Do you have references? I'd be interested to learn about the subject. Quick search gave me [0] for Egypt and [1] for China, and both answers seem to be "not rea

Do you have references? I'd be interested to learn about the subject. Quick search gave me [0] for Egypt and [1] for China, and both answers seem to be "not really". [0] https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/1991/was-the-steam-engine-really-known-in-ancient-egypt https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/1991/was-the-steam-e... [1] https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/2012/did-the-chinese-develop-steam-engines-prior-to-the-17th-century https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/2012/did-the-chi...