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Many rural and artisan communities required which payment at marriage because wives were scarce?
ADowry gifts
BBride-price
CLand transfer
DA cattle tax
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Bride-price
High female mortality caused a shortage of wives, so bride-price rather than dowry went to the bride's family.
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