The scientist who thought that the earth was the center of the universe was Nicolas Copernicus
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Making them slaves to work on their plantations which eventually killed a lot of them.
<span>One reason historians can rely on government records for accurate historical information is that government records tends to be telling the truth since these data are also used by the people in that time which requires them to write factual data. Hope this answers the question.</span>