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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Song dynasty was overthrown by
A
the Mongols
B
the Uighurs.
C
the Koreans
D
Changan.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Song Dynasty ruled parts of China for more than three centuries. That reign ended on March 19, 1279, when a Mongol fleet defeated a Song fleet in the Battle of Yamen and completed its conquest of China .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mongols (Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368), after defeating the Jurchen in the early 13th century, went on and fully defeated the Song to control all of China.

Detailed explanation-3: -(1368-1644) The Chinese people rallied behind a peasant named Chu Yüan-chang, and together they overthrew Mongol rule. In 1368 Chu took the imperial name Hung-wu and called his dynasty the Ming.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 19 March 1279 the Mongols defeated the last of the Song forces at the naval Battle of Yamen. After the battle, as a last defiant act against the invaders, Lu Xiufu embraced the eight-year-old emperor and the pair leapt to their deaths from Mount Ya, thus marking the extinction of the Southern Song.

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