Sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

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A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess: Oracle.

In ancient civilizations such as the Greek culture, they used to build impressive temples such as the Delphi temple, which precisely was built to consult the Oracle. People visited the city of Delphi to speak with the Oracle that was such as seer that could have access to the gods and see the future.

answer: both considered peasants valued members of society.

explanation: the ancient chinese and indian empires were large asian empires that had the same problems with other big empires, they had to work hard and sometimes fight in order to keep them united, they both relied heavily on their capacity to trade and to send strange and rare items to europe, and had the father as the head of the house hold in both societies, but they didn´t considered pleasants as valued members of their society, they were the bottom of the social pyramid in both of their societies.