= Achaemenid, adj.

= Seleucid, adj.

Designating a Chinese dynasty (206 b.c.–220 a.d.) marked by the introduction of Buddhism, the extension of Chinese rule over Mongolia, the revival…

Designating a dynasty which ruled over a united China from 589 to 618 (see sense A.); of or relating to this dynasty.

Designating this dynasty or its rulers; of or relating to the period of Chinese history during which the Song ruled.

Of or pertaining to the family of Sasan, whose grandson Ardashir I founded the dynasty which ruled the Persian Empire a.d. 211–651. Also, of…

attributive or as adj. Frequently used to designate artefacts, etc., of this period.

Of or designating the Qin.

= Safavid, adj.

Designating or relating to the Ming dynasty or its rulers.

The name of the Shang dynasty of China, esp. with reference to its final phase, after the capital had moved to the city of Yin in about 1300 b.c.…

Of, relating to, or designating this dynasty.

of or pertaining to the Seleucidæ; Seleucid.

= Sassanian, adj.

Of or pertaining to the Japanese ruling dynasty (1603–1867) founded by Tokugawa, characterized by internal political and economic stability, a…

Of or relating to a dynasty which ruled in Persia (now Iran), from 1500 to 1730; (also) designating this dynasty.

Descended from Timur Lenk (see Tamerlane, n.); of or pertaining to the Turkic dynasty which ruled in central Asia after the death of Timur in 1405…

Pertaining to the Seleucidæ.

Of, pertaining to, or designating this dynasty.