Question

The writing on Oracle bones found in the Yellow River Valley revealed a belief in ____________________.

• A. The ability to predict the future
• B. Reincarnation
• C. The power of ancestors in the afterlife
• D. The healing powers of the Yellow River
• E. Human sacrifice to the Gods

Answer 1

The correct option is A The ability to predict the future

The desire to know the future has been a constant in human history and the people of China during the Shang Dynasty were no different along these lines than people today. Fortune-telling during the Shang Dynasty was considered an important resource in making decisions, and these 'psychics' were consulted by everyone from the farmer to the king. These fortune-tellers were thought to be in touch with the spirit world of the ancestors who lived with the gods and knew the future. These spirits would communicate with the psychics through the oracle bones.