ancient civilisations and empires in history

let's list 'em.
off the top of my head, there's ancient greece (philosophy! sculpture! tragedy!), rome (gladiators), the byzantine empire/constantinople (mosaics, awesome architecture), ancient india (uh.. elephants?), ancient egypt (pyramids and papyrus!) .. ancient china (vases, funny hats and robes), feudal japan (ninjas)

am I missing any? add please.

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Where's the logic? Race is irrelevant, therefore affirmative action is also flawed.

White priviledge: seems to be either the criminal benefits of discrimination (which is already coverred by civil rights) or the state of not being discriminated against (which is not a priviledge but a right); is caused by discrimination. Meritocracy would eliminate the cause of white priviledge.

Enforce civil rights to eliminate discrimination and implement meritocracy so opportunities go to those who will put them to the best use rather than people who possess irrelevant demographical classifications.


No country has achieved 100% anything, however this is no reason to discard all hope of reducing crime, preventing tyranny from arising, reducing poverty etc etc.. The purpose of values is to ensure efforts are used constructively, even if they are not achieved 100% they do a lot of good. Meritocracy is a value that will reduce racism and discrimination.

Protip: Political groups which peddle easy answers are making a mockery of you. You may feel "empowerred", but deep down you will know what you are doing isn't true or right. Only the truth can set you free.