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- Oracles were symbols made on pieces of animal bones and tortoise shells .
How did an oracle work?
Animal bones and shells
tortoise shells too
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Heated until they cracked
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Cracks interpreted — to predict the future
- How they worked:
- Interpretations were made based on the patterns of the cracks
- They were often used to predict the future .
- Today, they tell us a lot about the hopes, desires, and fears of the early Chinese .
Foretell means to predict.
