That would be the concept of zero, which the dates to around 1200AD in Europe. This doesn't mean it wasn't known in the Middle East and Asia. Evidence of the concept of zero in the Maya realm appears around 200BC-200AD.
They introduced plantation agriculture to be able to mass produce the product they desired. In much of the New World they planted tabacco and other plants, and they needed some way to mass produce this product to get the most effective sell prices and meet the demand of this product. So they introduced plantation agriculture so they could produce more product and thus be able to sell more of the product to earn money effectively.
I believe that the best way to sustain discrimination and
prejudice is through education and keeping an open mind.
As Allan W. Smith said: “Prejudice is the child of Ignorance”,
which means that the best way to keep ourselves from discriminating other
people is through education. The education is effective on reducing prejudice because
students are introduced to new social norms in school due to more diversity.
Apart from education, keeping yourself from prejudice and stereotypes is one way
to avoid discrimination. But because even working hard to keep negative beliefs
under control doesn’t mean that they will easily disappear, you should try to
be constant in keeping your decision and try out some techniques sociologists recommend.
Voting gives ordinary Americans a more equal chance to participate in politics.