1. Ancestor Veneration in central Asia By: Sepideh Nadery AP world history 2 nd period

2. What is ancestor Veneration? Ancestor veneration is worshiping your ancestors, and was considered a way of life.

3. How it works? Believed that when a man died his spirit still lived. Gifts, sacrifice, oracle bones, shrine.

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