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Battle of Yamen
The Battle of Yamen was a naval battle fought in March 1279 off the southern coast of China, in which the Yuan fleet destroyed the last loyalist fleet of the Song Dynasty. The young last Song emperor was drowned by his minister to prevent his capture. The battle ended the Song Dynasty and completed the Mongol conquest of China under the Yuan Dynasty.
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