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Answer: A) Local elites need for military protection from more powerful lords
Explanation:
The political relationship depicted was as a result of Local elites' need for military protection from more powerful lords.
You did not include the image in question but it most probably refers to feudalism in Europe.
Feudalism:
- was practiced in Europe in the Middle Ages
- involved local elites gaining protection from more powerful lords
- involved local elites swearing allegiance to more powerful lords
In feudalism, local lords would promise to be loyal to more powerful lords and to fight under them and in exchange, the more powerful lords would protect them.
In conclusion, the local elite needed protection from the more powerful lords and this led to feudalism when those lords demanded allegiance.
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