Make do with what you have. The Mesopotamians gave us a very valuable building material the brick. Having no locally available stone they used the plentiful supplies of mud and clay found on the banks of the Euphrates to make bricks.
There is also trade, exchange what you have for what you lack. In their case it was agricultural produce. This is how Babylon became a thriving and powerful city.
Finally when you finally become more powerful take the resources from your neighbours by force.
I think there is still inequality in the United States, but not because the reasons that mainstream media often give.
For example, income equality between Caucasian people and minorities. The Democratic party often tell us that it's because the Caucasian people actively opressed the minorities so they can't be successful.
But the fact is, Minorities in United States are not only African American and the latino/as but also the asian.
The asian currently held the highest average income among all races in United States. If one minority can do it while the other can't , the reason point to the tradition/way of living, not the race itself
Emperor Wu of Han. He was the original figure who adopted Confucianism for his country.
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White privilege benefits all whites equally. The gender, class, and sexuality does not matter since it does not change the person's race being white. Because of the race of the person being white, they would still have advantages that minorities don't have. For example, a white person could commit the same crime as a black person, but have a shorter jail sentence.
The answer is “annual salary increases”. Merit-pay plan is
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wage or a promotion, such as a 2 percent growth in pay.