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What did Shang priests use to make predictions and answer questions?
An oracle
How did Shang priests communicate with the gods?
One way that the Chinese priests communicated with the gods was through oracle bones. They asked the gods questions, and then heated animal bones and read the cracks in the bones to find the answers.
Why did Shang king scratch questions on oracle bones?
Shang Kings have questions scratched on oracle bones so the ancestors to answer the question
How did priests in the Shang Dynasty use tortoise shells to predict the future?
your mom did.
What was the Art like during the Shang Dynasty?
Earthenware and stoneware were made the most during the Shang Dynasty.
How important were the priests in the shang religion?
The Shang Dynasty was previous to Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, and they worshipped many different gods. Shang-Ti (the emperoror) was believed to be the link between the people and the gods, and was believed to be the sky deity. It was important to keep Shang-Ti happy and offerings and human sacrifices would be given in his name.
What are social classes of the Shang Dynasty in order?
1. Nobles 2. Priests 3. Craftsman 4. Peasants and slaves
What did the Shang use to ask the ancestors for advice?
The Shang Dynasty used oracle bones to ask the ancestors for advice, if you found one they came in questions and were buried
What education did medieval priests have?
they had to read and write
What are oracle bones?
Earliest example of Chinese writing found in the Shang dynasty Example: The kings ask the gods' help using a oracle bone by scratching their questions into there and then, priests place hot metal rods inside causing them to crack. They believed the patterns in the crack was the gods' answer.
Are oracle bones?
Earliest example of Chinese writing found in the Shang dynasty Example: The kings ask the gods' help using a oracle bone by scratching their questions into there and then, priests place hot metal rods inside causing them to crack. They believed the patterns in the crack was the gods' answer.
How do you write Shanghai in Chinese?
上海 shang(4) hai(3)
