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
the surrender of the Roman emperor in 476 c.e. hope this helped
Native American advocacy groups greater controls over the resources on reservation areas.
Answer: How Germany would be divided up amongst all of them and how what life is going to be like after everything was over.