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[Fantasy] Why does technology in fantasy worlds stay the same for thousands of years?

I would like to know, why is it that fantasy worlds technology seem to stay the same for thousands of years with no improvement ? For example: Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Eragon, and many other fantasy worlds seem to be trapped in a medieval stasis for thousands of years. Why is that? Why does the technology barely move in those worlds?
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Necessity and limitations are the mother and drive of all scientific innovation. Need to carry a load, invent wheel. Need to hunt for food, invent spear. Practical magic erases those needs and limitation. There's no need to invent weapons that does massive damage over a wide area when  any magi can do the same. Why innovate medicine when anyone can pray to the Gods for divine healing? Add to the fact the magic is often seen as an elitist talent, so families would send their best and brightest to learn dogmatic rituals of magic, closing other avenues of research and development.