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in traditional china which of the following were signs that a government was losing or had lost the mandate of heaven select all that apply

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Answer: Prolonged Famine, Governmental Corruption, and Devastating Floods

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Signs that a particular ruler had lost the Mandate of Heaven included peasant uprisings, invasions by foreign troops, drought, famine, floods and earthquakes. Of course, drought or floods often led to famine, which in turn caused peasant uprisings, so these factors were often interrelated.
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