The commonality between the Indus, Huang and Nile Valley civilizations is the fact that all began in fertile river valleys.
Answer:
the act divided the abolition movement into factions and weakened it.
Explanation:
So, if your army consists of untrained and unskilled volunteers - the only chance you have is winning in numbers. However, sometimes even that isn't enough. If you don't have strong, well built, and skilled warriors to defend your nation - an attack could leave you vulnerable to a collapse.
This passage refers to the Peace of Westphalia, but is should be noted that taken out of context it could be referring to several different things within that topic itself.