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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the feudal era?
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 The ruling elites were a hereditary nobility who ruled over their dependent population by the use of force.  | 
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| B. | 
 The producers who worked the land were serfs who served their lords in exchange for protection.  | 
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| C. | 
 Lords had absolute property rights over their lands and the freedom to sell or rent their lands for money.  | 
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| D. | 
 Feudal society was dominated by agriculture and natural economy.  | 
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| E. | 
 The political system was decentralized because each lord was sovereign over their own manor and no single lord had sufficient power to rule the nations of Western Europe.  |