Before this week I had no knowledge of the Shang Dynasty, and I especially didn’t think to guess that oracle-bones even existed. I assumed that, through most of human history, paper was the most reliable record-keeping tool. You would believe that documenting/archiving would be made as effortless as possible; however, this was not the case…
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Oracle-bone inscriptions, originated and heavily depended on by kings, were first introduced in the Shang dynasty around 1600 B.C.E. Since other writing mediums, like paper, did not survive for long, bones were used as alternatives. These bones are believed to be the first instances of permanent record keeping of historical, political, and religious events in…
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