Answer: factors that lead civilizations to rise was Favourable environment and water and Common factors that may contribute to collapse are economical, environmental, social and cultural, and disruptions in one domain sometimes cascade into another. In some cases a natural disaster.
To show that change was happening in the United States
Japan survived not becoming a colonized country due to its defensability, its geography and its military might. It was only humiliated once before WWII, It took two nuclear bombs to get Japan to surrender.
Ethiopia survived becoming a colonized country particularly due to its geography and fauna and because of its centralized government as well, in spite of other countries from Africa which were organized by tribes.
