One of these Amorite dynasties founded the city-state of Babylon, which would ultimately take over the others and form the short lived first Babylonian empire, during what is also called the Old Babylonian Period.

The Qing Dynasty, which replaced the Shun and Ming dynasties in China, was founded by Manchus from Manchuria ( modern Northeastern China ).

This principle made it possible for dynasties founded by non-noble families such as Han Dynasty and Ming Dynasty or non-ethnic Han dynasties such as the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty and Manchu-led Qing Dynasty.

The Chicago Bulls were founded in 1966 and are well known for having one of the greatest dynasties in NBA and sports history during the 1990s, winning six championships in eight years with two three-peats.

Following a brief Sumerian revival the empire broke up into two Akkadian states, Assyria in the north, and some time later Babylon in the south ( although Babylon was founded by invading Amorites, and was rarely ruled by native dynasties throughout its history ).

The Former Yan ( 337-370 ), Western Yan ( 384-394 ), Later Yan ( 384-409 ) dynasties as well as the Tuyuhun Kingdom ( 285-670 ) were all later founded by the Murong.

Sui and Tang dynasties were founded by Han Chinese generals who also served the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The Baal Shem Tov directly imparted his teachings to his students, some of whom founded their own respective Hasidic dynasties.

In China, Mongol influence lasted long after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty at the hands of the Ming, continuing through both the Ming and the Qing dynasties ( the latter itself founded by a steppe people, the Manchu ), furthering the popularity of the dao and spawning a variety of new blades.

These dynasties were founded by emancipated Mamluks, who had held high office at court and in camp under powerful emirs.

The earliest known Kurdish dynasties under Islamic rule ( 10th to 12th centuries ) are the Hasanwayhids, the Marwanids, the Shaddadids, followed by the Ayyubid dynasty founded by Saladin.

The Mandate of Heaven does not require that a legitimate ruler be of noble birth, and dynasties were often founded by people of modest birth ( such as the Han dynasty and Ming dynasty ).

** Jurchen – Manchu of Manchuria, the language of the Jurchen / Manchus, who founded the Jin Dynasty and Qing dynasties of China.

The principal Amorite dynasties arose in Mari, Yamkhad, Qatna, Assyria ( under Shamshi-Adad I ), Isin, Larsa, and also Babylon, which was founded as an independent state by an Amorite named Sumuabum in 1894 BC.

While most ruling dynasties in Chinese history were founded by native Chinese, there were also non-native or Conquest Dynasties established by non-Han Chinese people beyond the traditional border of China ( also known as China proper ), such as the Yuan founded by Mongols and the Qing founded by Manchus, who later conquered China and assumed the title of Emperor of China.

Following in a line of Persian dynasties stretching back 3000 years, the Pahlavi dynasty was founded early in the twentieth century.

That ancestor emigrated to America with relatives including his son, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, who founded the DuPont company in 1802, and whose descendants would form one of the richest American business dynasties of the ensuing two centuries.

Unifying what is now modern Vietnam in 1802, he founded the Nguyễn Dynasty, the last of the Vietnamese dynasties.

The dynasties founded by Fulk's sons ruled for centuries, one of them in England ( Plantagenet ), the other in Jerusalem.

However, his sons and grandsons founded their own dynasties which are collectively known as the " House of Ruzhin ".

The original Shu Kingdom that was founded in 907 from the ashes of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by the Later Tang Dynasty, the second of the five dynasties that ruled the north during this period of time.

It was one of four dynasties established by Alexander's successors, the others being the Seleucid dynasty, Ptolemaic dynasty and Attalid dynasty.

Approximate territories occupied by different dynasties as well as modern political states throughout the history of China

This period was characterized by a gradual decentralization of the state that had existed during the Qin and Han dynasties, and an increase in the power of great families.

These practices, which matured in the Tang Dynasty, were to be inherited by the later dynasties with some modifications.

It is deeply influenced by, but not identical with, the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties.

The hydraulic empire produces wealth from its stability and while dynasties may change, the structure remains intact until destroyed by modern powers.

The traditionalist school of scholarship resorts to official imperial records and colloquial history works and analyzes the different dynasties ' rises and falls using a Confucian philosophy, albeit modified by an institutional administration perspective.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Four Books and Five Classics were the subject of mandatory study by those Confucian scholars who wished to become government officials.

" According to Anders Hansson, by the Ming and Qing dynasties, " upward mobility into the elite was theoretically possible for virtually all male commoners.

Other dynasties that are considered imperial by historians are the Kushanas, Guptas, Vijayanagara, Hoysala and the Cholas.

Although not as popular, the title 王 wang ( king or prince ) was still used by many monarchs and dynasties in China up to the Taipings in the 19th century.

The fluidity of Jimmu before the compilation of the Kojiki and of the Nihon Shoki is demonstrated by somewhat earlier texts that place three dynasties as successors to the mythological Yamato state.

These records state that Bu began his rule before 477, was recognized as the ruler of Japan by the Liu Song, Southern Qi, and Liang dynasties, and continued his rule through to 502.

Since antiquity, various dynasties or individual rulers have claimed the right to rule by divine authority, such as the Mandate of Heaven and the divine right of kings.

In 1320 the Declaration of Arbroath, a remonstrance to the Pope from the nobles of Scotland, helped convince Pope John XXII to overturn the earlier excommunication and nullify the various acts of submission by Scottish kings to English ones so that Scotland's sovereignty could be recognised by the major European dynasties.

The Hohenstaufen were the 6th dynasty to rule Germany and were related by marriage to all the earlier dynasties.

Some portions of India were administered by the British directly ; in others native dynasties were retained under British supervision.

Umayyad rule ended in 750 and was followed by the Arab caliphates of the Abbasid and Fatimid dynasties.

Others, mainly closely related to the Uyghurs ( the Karluks ), occupying the western Tarim Basin, Ferghana Valley, Jungaria and parts of modern Kazakhstan bordering the Muslim Turco-Tajik Khwarazm Sultanate, converted to Islam no later than the 10th century and built a federation with Muslim institutions called Kara-Khanlik, whose princely dynasties are called Karakhanids by most historians.

Nonetheless, as is customary among former dynasties, Alexander is accorded the title he claims by his kinsmen, the reigning monarchs of Europe, and their courts.

The 11th and 12th centuries witnessed the founding of several great Berber dynasties led by religious reformers and each based on a tribal confederation that dominated the Maghrib ( also seen as Maghreb ; refers to North Africa west of Egypt ) and Al-Andalus for more than 200 years.

But ultimately each of the Berber dynasties proved to be a political failure because none managed to create an integrated society out of a social landscape dominated by tribes that prized their autonomy and individual identity.

The Persians had inherited a rich architectural legacy from the earlier Persian dynasties, and they started incorporating elements from earlier Parthian and Sassanid palace-designs into their mosques, influenced by buildings such as the Palace of Ardashir and the Sarvestan Palace.

Historically, Burma was a monarchy ruled by various dynasties prior to the 19th century.