12 Ways Ancient Empires Predicted the Future

The Chinese Conundrum

In ancient China, the I Ching, or "Book of Changes," served as a manual for divination, offering guidance through a system of hexagrams. This text reflects the Chinese philosophical emphasis on balance and harmony, principles that were believed to influence the future. Additionally, astronomical observations were crucial, with phenomena like eclipses being meticulously recorded and interpreted as omens affecting the emperor and the state.