Without the ability to read ancient Chinese and Maya text, we would be limited to archeological findings and guesses made based on them. The fact, that we can read ancient texts, let us know for example:
the names and times of rule of many rulers,
the religious practices
some events from the past
some cultural and technological inventions such as their knowledge of astronomy
the social composition of the society
Our knowledge of urban live comes from the description of customs and occational information about who lived where and how much was paid for what services
I don't think they would treat religion the same as they did
Some of the reforms the young turks demanded were,
d) right to vote, and c) free public education.
It would be the "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)" that was not one of the programs initiated by President Roosevelt as part of his New Deal, since New Deal Programs were intended to dig the US out of the grips of the Great Depression.
