HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Turtle
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Bones
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Oracle Bones
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Paper
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millennium BC, and is the earliest known form of Chinese writing. The vast majority of oracle bone inscriptions, of which about 150, 000 pieces have been discovered, were found at the Yinxu site located in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, Henan Province.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oracle bones were pieces of oxen bone or turtle shell used by the civilization of the Shang Dynasty in ancient China around 1600-1046 BCE. The bones were used for divination, which is an occultic ritual inquiring of the supernatural realm for guidance or answers to questions.
Detailed explanation-4: -These bones are important primary sources on the history of the Shang Dynasty and gave birth to Chinese script. Historian Harold M. Tanner writes, “oracle bones are the earliest written records of Chinese civilization.