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.

White priviledge, it seems, is just the priviledge of being more wealthy on average than black people.  It makes sense, in a way, for you to say that you deserve some sort of kickback for generations of poverty.  It must be infuriating that thousands of people you see every day were born into wealthier families, who were wealthier seemingly just because those families are white.  Sure, I can understand that.  I can understand why you want to act like there's a conspiracy to keep the black man down when in reality it's just the state of affairs, fate and all that, that's conspired against you.

You can scream at me that I wasn't born into your class all you want, that you deserve some of what I have because of that.  My ancestors were immigrant factory workers (not as low as the black people in that era, but still pretty low) exploited like hell by industrialists.  Today's rich people have what they have by my ancestor's labor.  Yet I would be laughed back to hell if I went and tried to put a claim on some of that wealth; I wasn't born into one of those families.  Oh poor me.

When it comes down to it, we have to make what we can out of what we have.  The future can only get better when you build it yourself.  There will always be someone who takes more than others, but you can't blame their kids for that.  I honestly believe that you gain by the hardships you go through, become better, stronger by it. 

I don't think you can say that you never learned anything from living the way you imply you did.

Children from broken homes do better in the business world, are better able to cope with changing situations because their homelife was that way growing up; they know how to function under stress.  Kids born rich, with few exceptions, usually end up wasting their fortunes within a few generations, and produce nothing of value.  Even if you don't become rich, you still have the ability to find happiness.  Parlay your experiences into your future.