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In Civ 5 technologies are one of the most important gameplay mechanic. It changes everything in the game, from your military strength to how the other civ interact with you and more.

In my game three of the sciences that helped me were

• Sailing
• Theology
• The upcoming astronomy 

Sailing: Since we are at the bottom of the map, sailing is really a good way to travel ground units. It's both safer and faster. Although it will be better when we get astronomy, it is still useful without it.

It is also useful for trading with Civs that are closer by waterway. This gives me more money and help me spread my religion.

Theology: Theology is really useful in giving me the possibility to build multiple world wonders which is a plus because we are the Egyptians. It also gives me the garden. The garden gives my Civ a 25% faster great person building rate. This helps me a lot in culture because of the great musicians, writers, and artists I will get . However, it is also really useful for science. The garden combined with the university build great scientist at an amazing rate, which might help me get back from the small delay we have in science.

Astronomy: Astronomy is really useful because it lets you travel the seas. This makes it possible to find the Civ that are on other continents. Astronomie also gives you more mobility whit your water units because they are not restricted in where they can go. This science, even if it does not have an immediate impact is one of the most useful science I got in my Civ 5 game so far

Real world connection:
Science as always, help the world be a better place. However, these days we see technologies that help lazy people do things they would do physically before. On top of inventions created for lazy people modern science made the world more dangerous. For example, the atomic bomb is one such invention, its destructive power is so big that a city can be wiped out by one of these bombs. On the other hand, there are inventions that help the world be a better place.  For example in the world of ecological and renewable energy, inventions like the solar panel or the wind turbine are good invention that change the world in a good way. Science as always, helped the civilization of the world thrive trough making tasks easier and less dangerous. Evan if some inventions don't apply to my last sentence there is always more good invention then bad ones.