When writing, the Thumb and Index finger are two of the most important fingers. When writing, your index finger needs to be placed on top of the pencil, working together with your thumb. Essentially, this means that when the person tied the sticks to their thumb and index finger, they are no longer able to properly write.
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Acquiring Guam allowed the United States to have a naval base in the Pacific. How did the acquisition of Guam in the Spanish-American War affect US trade?
It allowed the US to increase trade with the Philippines.
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
