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power passed by bloodline, where being born right beats being good.
means A succession of rulers, leaders, or dominant figures from the same family, or the period during which they hold sway.
from From the Greek 'dynasteia,' meaning lordship or power, built on 'dynastes' (a ruler) and ultimately 'dynasthai,' to be able, to have power. The same root powers 'dynamic' and 'dynamite' — so a dynasty is, quite literally, a family that has the power. It reached English through Late Latin 'dynastia' and French, arriving with the heavy clank of crowns and inheritance.
- longest run
- Japan's imperial line claims 2,600 unbroken years
- fall pattern
- China called it the dynastic cycle of decay
- odds
- third generations usually squander what founders built
- sports too
- teams winning repeat titles earn the label
ming dynasty — chinese imperial rule 1368-1644, built the great wall and forbidden city
ottoman empire — turkish dynasty 1299-1922, ruled three continents and lasted 623 years
hapsburg dynasty — european royal family 1276-1918, controlled austria-hungary and spain across centuries
ptolemaic egypt — greek dynasty 305-30 bce, included cleopatra vii in alexandria