Answer:
Well to start and probably most importantly, the Greeks are considered to be the founders of democracy. They also had some of the first voting systems. So technically all modern law that dwells in democracy originated in Greece. Rome expanded on that democracy and created what I would consider the most powerful government that held together an empire. They had levels to their government which made organization greater. The most well known position would be senator. Overall, many of the systems that we have in our society such as voting, debates, centralized government and even more than one branch, were all practiced in Rome.
Explanation:
Greeks - Democracy and Voting
Romans - Centralized Government and Government Positions
The correct answer is “They believed the emphasis on the scientific method would bring Europe out of darkness”
The Enlightenment was a period of the rule of the scientific method, it was a moment when the Church lost influence over the academia and the importance of philosophers such as Voltaire, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Rousseau, Adam Smith, and others.
During this period science was ruling, this way there was a creation of scientific methods, the secularization of learning, religious tolerance - in contrast of the power the Church had before - and separation between Church and State.
There was a thought that rational thought would improve humanity because it did not involve personal interests and beliefs.