According to the text, what was the underlying causal factor in the emergence of requirements that people refrain from belching, scratching their private body areas, and passing gas at the dinner table?
A)a decline in standards of decency
B)the rise of capitalism
C)the rise of the modern political state
D)the decline in family-held power

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The text states that "the rise of the modern political state led to the emergence of more elaborate rules of etiquette" which included requirements such as refraining from belching, scratching private body areas, and passing gas at the dinner table. Therefore, the causal factor was the rise of the modern political state.

According to the Text, What Was the Underlying Causal Factor