Oracle Bones of the Ancient Chinese Shang Dynasty

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

What divination practices do people believe in your country? And do you believe in divination?

[@yanshi3942]

So very underrated. It's rare to find content regarding history outside of Europe and near-east that is well-researched and concise. I have great expectations for the future of this channel.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for the kind words, Yan! 🙂

[@semaandtheduck4824]

This was very fascinating! Oracle bones are very interesting to learn about. Informative as always! Thanks for the amazing information.

[@elihinze3161]

I've been to Anyang and saw the oracle bone museum there! It was stunning. A lot of really amazing artifacts from that time period.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

That would have been awesome to have seen in person. 🙂

[@Davlavi]

Informative as always.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@praish6054]

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[@sonarbangla8711]

Turtle shell was the source of magic square, found on the nine parts of the shell of a turtle found in rivers of south China, with 'dots' from 1 to 9 making the square, 4000 bp.

[@jackjorn4105]

Video bloggers can tell some interesting stories found in oracle bone inscriptions, such as the oracle bone inscriptions that the king of Shang gave his wife FUHAO generals several times。

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@rodchristoffersen7052]

I am guessing this is very similar to the use of sheep ribs for prophecy in the nomadic peoples of the southern urals region, from my understanding some of them kept sheep but didn't use them for food (other than milk maybe ie: no teeth marks on the bones)? Are there any other similarities I am unaware of? Thanks in advance...

[@ccczzz5984]

One BIG mistake: the oracle bones were for the kings ONLY, because of the complicated procedure and the the cost. ie. 300 slaves executed as sacrifice for the ancestors. There were NO such thing called "horoscopes/ psychics" for civilians, all the psychics were top rank officials, or sometimes the king / queen themselves.

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Thanks for your feedback!

[@cursorcurs6597]

The Shang started in Nigeria.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

It's an ancient Chinese royal Dynasty.

[@whenlifegivesyouLSD]

Amazing as Always ممتاز ♥️