Civil wars. Probably the most important single cause of Byzantium's collapse was its recurrent debilitating civil wars. Three of the worst periods of civil war and internal infighting took place during Byzantium's decline.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same cartoon you posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be a "carpetbagger" since it shows someone from the North coming to the South after the Civil war, mostly likely to take advantage of the crippled economy. </span></span>
Britain controlled <span>Malaya, Singapore, Straits Settlement, </span>Brunei<span>, </span>North Borneo<span>, Sarawak, and Labuan.
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(C) The increase in prices of consumer goods over a period of time.