It created incentives for higher short term output to pay higher taxes at the expense of long term productivity which contributed to the decline of the Mesopotamian civilization and is denoted as option C.
This is usually depicted by an efficient and optimal production of goods and services or achievements which are encountered in an area as a result of good policies, reforms etc.
In the case of the Mesopotamian civilization, there was bloated bureaucracy due to higher taxes being paid at the expense of long term productivity thereby resulting in the decline which was experienced in the region.
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