WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Oracle Bones were used in ancient China to ____
A
feed poor families
B
cure illnesses
C
predict earthquakes
D
predict the future
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Oracle bones are objects generally made of ox scapula or turtle plastrons that were used by the rulers of the ancient Shang Dynasty to predict the future or answer important questions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The oracle bones were used in divination practices during the Shang dynasty. The Shang people believed that they could communicate with their ancestors through the bones. They would ask questions about the future, such as whether a crop would be successful or whether a battle would be won.

Detailed explanation-3: -The oracle bones bear the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing, using an early form of Chinese characters. The inscriptions contain around 5, 000 different characters, though only about 1, 200 of them have been identified with certainty.

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