Up until Democritus, the earliest people explained everything with religion. If a chemical reaction or event worked well, then they believed the “gods” must be happy with them. They used chants and rituals to perform reactions the same way. This was also viewed as “magic”. In this system, the priests had all of the power and knowledge. Also, the “gods” were looked at as in control.
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GoldWhen Chemists thought this way, they tried extremely hard to change different types of elements into gold.
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Ancient RitualsLike above, people used to perform ancient rituals and chants in order to try and please the "gods".
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