2. Where did most understanding of science come from?

Science (from the Latin word scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. The earliest roots of science can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3500 to 3000 BCE.

An answer, maybe not the right one but one nonetheless ;)

according to greek mythology, persephone, the queen of the underworld, was the daughter of zeus and demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. she was also called kore, which means "maiden" and grew up to be a lovely girl attracting the attention of many gods.

explanation:

there was a king, priests, and peasants.