With regard to rapid expansionist policies as practiced by the Assyrians, which of the following would not prove detrimental to an empire?
A. The empire becomes too large to govern efficiently.
B. A society based on military values and violence is less able to maintain peace in foreign relations.
C. The creation of vassal states with discontented populations.
D. The creation of an infrastructure and the defense of the empire exhaust government funds.
E. Conquest would probably create vast networks of trade routes extending well beyond the boundaries of the empire.
E
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