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No, the Yuan (Yuen in Wade Giles) Dynasty was a Mongol-ruled dynasty. It was anti-Chinese in its ideology and barred many worthy Chinese from the ruling class.
The Song dynasty the Mongols destroyed, had, at the time, the world's highest iron output, was grossly innovative, and had an advanced proto-capitalism.
One of the things is, the longer Chinese history lasts, the worse China becomes. It has an unparalleled history of environmental degredation; at the start of Chinese history, the lands that would become modern China had a biodiversity approaching that of the Amazon, but by the start of the Christian-era, rhinoceros armor became impossible, as the rhinoceros became extinct, and the treasure fleets of the Ming dynasty could not be replicated in the Qing, as the lumber resources involved had already been depleted.
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