The first cause of the decline of Byzantine Empire was the Arab wars. In the west side of Byzantium conflicts rose and began to cause trouble for the Empire.
At the time it was already obvious that the Allies would win and it was only a matter of time till Japan surrenders. However, the Japanese were not ready to surrender, and the only other alternative that the Allies had was to lauch a land attach, which would result in even more casualties. So the <span>Allies attacked both civilian and military targets in Japan
to avoid even more losses</span>
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C. Olmec
The Olmec civilization used to create stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders, these are called " Olmec colossal heads". The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.