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Chinese oracle bones were used for divination. Shang kings of China used Chinese oracle bones to carve questions to ask, from deceased ancestors. They were originally sold as dragon bones for medicine purposes.

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What were oracle bones and what were they used for?

An oracle bone is a piece of ox or turtle bones which were used by the Chinese for pyromancy.


The earliest chinese writing was found on?

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What did Chinese use to predict the future?

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Where is the oldest known Chinese writing?

On Shang Dynasty oracle bones.


How can you use the terms oracle bones and pictograph to describe the Chinese language?

Oracle bones were used in ancient China to record divinations and events, often in the form of pictographs. Pictographs are symbols representing objects or concepts, and they were the foundation of written Chinese language. Oracle bones provide insights into the earliest forms of Chinese writing and the development of its pictographic characters.


Oracle bones were used to predict the future?

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Why is the writing inscribed on the ancient oracle bones easily uderstood today?

The Chinese written language has remained remarkably constant over the centuries. Chinese scholars can understand the oracle bones because little in the orthographic system has changed.


What do oracle bones tell us about religion and writing during the Shang Dynasty?

The oracle bones tell us that when you burn them, there are cracks. The Chinese thought that the gods are trying to tell them something. The cracks also make the Chinese handwriting used today.


What was invented during the Shang Dynasty?

Silk, Pottery, Oracle Bones, Bronze, Chinese Writing, Chinese/Lunar Calendar, Chinese Fesivals, etc.


What is oracle bones?

oracle bones are bones that ancient shang kings consulted their ancestors. and oracle is a prediction about the future.


How did the writing start?

The first record of Chinese writing is on oracle bones from the Shang dynasty. Written Chinese probably began with pictographs and ideographs.


What does the use of Oracle bones tells us about the early Chinese?

It tells us what the Chinese believed in and it taught us more about ancient China's culture.