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3500BCAncientEgyptiansusedSacredGeometrytodescribetheprocessofcreationintheirreligioussystem.Egyptiansusedanthropomorphization(ormythology)todescribethesesortsofphenomena.

500BC Theancientstudyofthemovementofthestars,knownas“Astrology”wasanearlypredecessortomodernAstronomy.AstrologywassteepedinthenotionthattherewasaspiritualrelationshipbetweenthemovementstarsandlifeonEarth.

350BCAristotle,Plato,amongothers,duringtheGreekera,wereknownasphilosophersandtheologians;nonetheless,theywereearlycontributorstotheScientificMethod.

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300-1500ADDuringtheDarkandMiddleAgesofChristianity,theinfluenceofscientificandreligiousbodiesbegantodivergeastheculturesofreligionslabeled“pagan”wereextinguished.

700-1500AD AfricanIslamicMoorishScientistsandMathematicianinspiredanewformofmathematicalthinkingthattodaywecallAlgebra,aswellastheArabicnumbersystem(0,1,2,3,4…),firstdevelopedbyIndianmathematiciansaroundthe6thCenturyAD.

700-1500AD TheReconquistaendedjustbeforetheEuropeandiscoveryoftheAmericas—the"NewWorld"—whichusheredintheeraofthePortugueseandSpanishcolonialempires.

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1870AD ThePeriodicTableofElements,createdbyRussianchemistDmitriMendeleevin1869,isahugesymbolofmodernscienceandsolidifiedatransitionintomaterialistthoughtandsecularthinking.

1800ADJohnDraper(L)andAndrewWhite(R)weremajorcontributorstothe“conflictthesis”ofthe1800’s.

1997AD TheNon-OverlappingMagisteria(NOMA)ModelofScienceandReligionbyStephenGould.