I was important in societies
where there was no
writing.. What am I?​

maybe one of those artist who drew stuff down instead of writing it? like they drew important events

Explanation:

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

answer-the island had airfields that the u.s. military needed.