Which statement best describes why the indus river valley civilization declined? a. some theories are that the soil grew salty, disease killed many people, and the land became deforested. b. archaeological evidence shows that the population declined from constant warfare. c. the accepted theory is that a huge flood wiped out almost the entire population. d. written records from the time indicate that earthquakes destroyed the indus river valley cities.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.