Brute Strength versus Mental Acumen

So I am watching this medieval fantasy show on television these days. In it it is shown how badly women are treated because they are weak physically and how stronger men are kings and weaker ones their servants. Arguments quickly heat up to become duels and end up in bloody wars.

Which is in stark contrast with how things are these days. It does not matter how strong you are physically , if you cant top score in your SATs(I arbitrarily chose this as a measure of intelligence, the test is irrelevant, the point I is important) , they won't take you into college. and when that doesnt happen you wont find a good job, girls will not look your way and your life will not be that amazing.

Why do we call ourselves more civilized now? Why should mental acumen be given more priority than physical strength? Well some people are physically stronger "naturally" and while others are smart "naturally". When was the time exactly when humanity decided that "oh well lets start valuing smart more than physical strength now". The pro brains people argue that "well you see my boy! because strength is just there its inborn either you have it or you don't but you can try and become better at SATs of course"

But nothing could be farther from the truth, brains like strength and MANY other things are simply inherited. Even ones ability to put on hard work is genetically wired. There is no point in giving one more importance than the other. and the part where you can become better with hard work applies to both the things. You can eat well, exercise, run ,do crunches, train combat to become stronger physically just as you can take SAT classes, cram vocabulary, become a maths guru.

And then it makes me wonder, what if in another 200 years, humanity will come up with something new that it values really much more. Not brains , not strength but something else. and then those humans will look upon us as medieval emotionally stunted dwarfed backward barbarian people who valued smartness more than that other thing. It will be fun to watch.