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Human Sacrifice, Oracle Bones, and Shang China: Interview with Professor Rod Campbell

Tides of History

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The Oracle Bones Are Really Interesting as Sources of History

The oracle bones are really interesting as sources of history. They're kind of like, if you cand imagine we had the nightly prayers of a hundred and 50 years of american presidence. The context is that the world is populated by spirits and ancestors. And basically everything that goes wrong is caused by the spirits or ancestors. So there's all sorts of really strange things.

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