Oracle bones were used during the Shang dynasty to predict the future. The bones were used to process fortune-telling. They were used by Shamans, religious consultants that collaborated with gods and mythical people. The Shamans used the bone's cracks to demonstrate patterns or blemishes to anticipate the future.
In chronological order from the oldest to the newest the major developments in ancient Egypt ocurred like this:
1. the settlement of the Neolithic farmers 8000 BC
2. Tiles 5300 BC
3. the building of the Step Pyramid 3700 BC
4. the unification of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt 3100 BC
5. the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza 2580 BC
6. the rise in the belief of life after death 1550 – 1070 BC
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