HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Carvings on wood
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Oracle Bones
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Inscriptions in clay
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Using ink on cave walls
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jiaguwen-the earliest form of writing on Oracle bones used c. 1600-1000 BCE. This script was pictographic, meaning the inscription represented an object linked to a concept.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many oracle bones feature inscriptions recording the details of the divination ceremonies. Often the date, the person carrying out the ceremony, the question asked, the interpretation, and sometimes even the eventual outcome were inscribed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oracle bone script (Chinese: ; pinyin: jiǎgǔwén) is an ancient form of Chinese characters that were engraved on oracle bones-animal bones or turtle plastrons used in pyromantic divination. Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millennium BC, and is the earliest known form of Chinese writing.
Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 B.C.E, the inscriptions on bones and shells-called “oracle bones"-recorded divination used by the Shang royal house.