In ancient Egypt, maces, unlike spears, swords, or bows, were associated with victory in combat, rather than combat itself, because maces were used primarily at the end of battles to kill prisoners.

Maces were symbols of power, the pharaohs of Egypt were often portrayed carrying the mace, but they also physical objects used to commit real violence.

Maces are not designed to till soil.

Maces were made from different materials, but never from human bone.

Maces were not used as writing implements.

Paleolithic humans invented new forms of technology systematically, as can be seen in the passage with the invention of the wheel. To do something systematically means to have a system, method, or plan. We can see that method in the passage with the descriptions of how the wheel was developed from the cylinder to the wheel-and-axle concept.

The earliest Egyptian settlements were small villages constructed of woven sticks covered in mud.

Within a few centuries, baked mud bricks were an available building material, but would've been inordinately expensive compared to the cheap woven stick and mud.

Large stone blocks were not used as a building material until centuries later.

Cement wasn't used as a building material that long ago.

Fine marble wasn't used in the first Egyptian settlements.

The Hyksos invaded Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom and were able to easily conquer the Egyptians because the Egyptians had not developed a militaristic culture and had no advanced weaponry. However, the invading Hyksos stayed in Egypt and ruled the nation for a century. This led to the proliferation of military technology into Egyptian society. After the Egyptians overthrew the Hyksos their society had become much more militaristic and the subsequent period of Egyptian history is marked by continuous military conquest and territorial expansion.

The domestication of horses took place almost six thousand years ago. And, until the invention of the steam engine, in the eighteenth century, travelling by horseback was the fastest way for man to travel. The invention of the steam engine allowed for the construction of trains and steam ships which altered the world dramatically.

In Antiquity, most armies and navies used projectile weapons, but they weren't often decisive in winning battles because low velocity meant low lethality.

Some ancient bows could be fired over many hundreds of feet.

Bows and javelins were standard for most armies, they were not considered dishonorable.

Some ancient armies did use cavalry archers, including the Parthians.

Bows have existed since before the advent of writing at around 3000 BCE, javelins much earlier than that.

Metal was first used in Southeast Asia in the last half of the first millennium BC; later than many other places, most likely, because the geography inhibits trade, merchants, new techniques, and ideas penetrating the dense jungles of the area.

Greece, Rome, the Middle East, Egypt, and India all used metal before Southeast Asian civilizations, probably because although all disparate and thousands of miles away, they are on the same trade routes, whereas Southeast Asia was insulated by dense jungles.

Southeast Asia developed metallurgy after some other civilizations, but thousands of years before the modern era, and the invasion of British and French colonial powers.

Iron metallurgy was first developed in the Middle East. The Hittites are thought to be the first people to develop iron metallurgy and they used their new technology to conquer an expansive empire.

The earliest accounts of gunpowder and its use comes from accounts of Tang Dynasty China, so that would be the best choice. Europe eventually gained knowledge of gunpowder when it was brought by trade and the Mongol conquests, so the British Empire would be poor choices. Gunpowder was brought to the Americas by Europeans, so the Mayans would not be a good choice. Lastly, the Roman Empire was no longer extant by the time gunpowder was first developed, so they too would be a poor choice.

Papyrus is a reed that grows by the Nile River. The Egyptians, who first started writing circa 3,150 BCE, learned how to use papyrus to make paper which they would use for writing.