Who collected taxes for Louis XIV?
A. The nobility
B. parlements
C. Intendants
D. Capitiations
E. The royal guard
Answer: C
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a. Pataliputra. b. Bactria. c. Chang'an. d. Bombay. e. Delhi.
According to Ibn-Batttuta's "Travels in Asia and Africa," why did the cannibals not eat the white man?
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