The author's assertion in the second paragraph that Chinese people came to believe that "the Yuan had won the Mandate of Heaven' can best be understood in the context of which of the following? A Continuities in Chinese political and cultural traditions B The persistence of Mongol gol tribal culture following the division of Genghis Khan's empire C Chinese people's p perception that the Mongols lacked respect for traditional Confucian values D The highly mobile type of warfare practiced by Mongol armies