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How did priests in the Shang Dynasty use tortoise shells to predict the future?
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∙ 12y ago
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What did the shang dynasty predict?
Nobles would take the bones of animals, or tortoise shells and carve questions for the future. Then, they would heat them to the point of cracking. The Nobles would then "read" the cracks and they would tell the future.
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The priests who read the omens of the gods were the Augurs. The practice of reading the omens of the gods was called augury.
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What did the shang dynasty predict?
Nobles would take the bones of animals, or tortoise shells and carve questions for the future. Then, they would heat them to the point of cracking. The Nobles would then "read" the cracks and they would tell the future.
In the time of the Shang king's how was writing on objects used to predict the future?
oracle bones are cattle or sheep bones used to predict the future. writing on objects used to predict the future because they have oracle bones. priests heated it to and waited for it to crack. the patterns told the future.
Who would predict the future in ancient Rome?
The priests who read the omens of the gods were the Augurs. The practice of reading the omens of the gods was called augury.
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What were oracle bones used for?
Oracle bones were used in ancient China for divination purposes. Inscriptions were carved onto the bones, and then a heated rod was applied, causing the bone to crack. The cracks were used to make predictions about the future, such as harvests, weather, or political events.
How was writing on objects used to predict the future?
how was writing on objects used to predict the future
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Their priests looked at the sky and made calendars. From the use of those calendars they were able to "predict" the future. They even had some ceremonies in which somebody was sacrificed so the gods would send a message to a priest about a future event. They also believed in many omens, before the fall of the Aztec empire, during Montezuma's rule there were many omens about a catastrophe coming to the Aztec empire.
