The ancient Egyptians believed that after the person died, his soul would then return to the same body so they needed to keep the body from rotting. Mummification was a process that kept the dead bodies from rotting, which is usually what happens to corpses.
isaac newton found out how gravity works.
galileo found out how stars moved and mapped them
copernicus found that the sun was centered in our solar system
Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky, USA.
It did not effect that as much although they did say to new people that came in to give them their on space or land and their own rules