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