Khubilai Khan employed foreigners like Marco Polo in administrative posts primarily
A. because of their cosmopolitan nature.
B. as a personal favor to Pope Innocent IV.
C. as a form of punishment against foreign governments.
D. because the khan did not entirely trust his Chinese subjects.
E. as an indirect means of holding them hostage.
Answer: D
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