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[Elder Scrolls] Why has Tamriel's technology barely advanced through the centuries?

Nirn's (or at least Tamriel's) technology has barely advanced through the centuries.  For instance, technologies in Skyrim are pretty much the same as they were back in Oblivion and Morrowind, which took place hundreds of years before.  Compared to Earth technological advancement, Tamriel's is FAR behind; there are no signs of muskets, explosives, and the only signs of steam-based things are in the Dwarven ruins.

Why is this?  Speaking of the Dwarven ruins, you would think that with the amount of Dwarven ruins throughout some parts of Tamriel, that its people would have begun to reverse-engineer some of it by now.
gpt
Thanks to the widespread availability of magic, things that pushed the need for greater technology in our world haven't quite been acted upon in theirs. While you may think they have stagnated in technological advancement, you must think about the dates involved. It's only like a 400 year gap between Morrowind and Skyrim, IIRC. That could be like the difference between 800 and 1200 AD on earth: which isn't much.