The Industrial Age (late 19th century, early 20th) saw the beginning of the industrial advertising. The population growth required an expansion of mass manufactured goods and services on a larger scale.
As society became more consumption driven, research into people´s preferences emerged, in order to analyze the effectiveness of advertisements.
The last great prophet was Muhammad. He is considered the HUMAN founder of the religion. The Muslims believe that Allah was the founder of the religion. BTW- I'm not Muslim, I've been studying these stuff.