China's national cultural philosophy is based on the principles of Confusianism. Confucius was a Chinese philosopher that lived between the years 551 to 479 BCE and his teachings are central to the Chinese culture. He is also believed to have written some of the most important texts in Chinese history.
<span>Followers of Muhammad's Islamic faith condemned idol worship and were called Muslims. Islam is one of the oldest and most dominant religions in the world and originated from Mecca. Muslims are guided by the Qur'an which is considered to be the final revelation of Allah. Muhammad is known as the "seal of the prophets".</span>
Galileo confirmed copernicus' theories on the universe with noting that the Earth did indeed revolve around the Sun and not the other way around as was thought at the time. With this he opposed the church dogma at the time.