Chinese oracle bone Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries ) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earli

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Chinese oracle bone Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries ) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. Originally published in China, 16th-10th century BC.

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