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human
[LOTR]Why did the technology level of Middle-Earth remained the same throughout the ages?

I mean, in 3000 years we evolved from fighting with rudimentary swords and shields to nukes,lasers and drones yet the people of Middle Earth still used the same weapons and lived the same as their ancestors.
gpt
Right, but in 200,000 years we went from spears and bows and arrows, to... spears and bows and arrows. Remember, at the point in Middle Earth we're shown, Saruman‎ was just getting around to gunpowder-level tech. So it's probably within reason that sometime after the 3rd Age, they are primed for an Industrial Revolution.