WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Oracle bones are pieces of bone or turtle shell that were used by the ancient Chinese, especially Chinese kings, in attempts to predict the future.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oracle Bones (also known as Dragon’s Bones) were the shoulder blades of oxen or plastrons of turtles (the flat, underside of the turtle’s shell) which were used in the Shang Dynasty of China (c. 1600-1046 BCE) for divination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oracle bones (Chinese: ; pinyin: jiǎgǔ) are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy – a form of divination – in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.

Detailed explanation-4: -oracle bones: ox bones or tortoiseshells used by shamans of the Shang dynasty to write requests on them to royal ancestor spirits, asking for guidance on important events or information about the future.

Detailed explanation-5: -jiaguwen, (Chinese: “bone-and-shell script”) Wade-Giles romanization chia-ku-wen, pictographic script found on oracle bones, it was widely used in divination in the Shang dynasty (c. 18th–12th century bc).