All of the following factors contributed to the end of Mongol rule in China except
A. excessive military expenditures.
B. insufficient incoming receipts from taxes.
C. internal strife, aggravated by growing famine.
D. inferior abilities among the successors to Khubilai Khan.
E. the plague that killed millions of Mongols in 1241 and 1242.
Answer: E
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