All of the following help to explain the 2000-year durability of the Chinese imperial system EXCEPT

a. an effective national government.
b. the influence of Confucianism.
c. the structure of Chinese society.
d. extensive trade with Europe.
e. a merit-based bureaucracy.

d

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