| MING | Imperial dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644, founded by Zhu Yuanzhang (4) |
| YUAN | Imperial dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368, founded by the Mongols under Kublai Khan (4) |
| TANG | Imperial dynasty that ruled China from 618 to 907 AD, founded by general Li Yuan (4) |
| LIAO | The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125. |
| CHOU | Dynasty that ruled China for eight and a half centuries |
| SHANG | Imperial dynasty that ruled China from about 1600BC to 1046BC (5) |
| BATH | Spa city noted for Sally Lunn buns (4 59 Chinese dynasty from 1368-1644; or, the short name of a villain in the Flash Gordon comic strips (4) |
| HAN | Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries |
| HUGH | King of France, founder of the dynasty that ruled the country from 987-1328 (4,5) |
| SONG | Chinese dynasty that ruled from 960 until 1279 (4) |
| ZHOU | Dynasty that ruled ancient China for much of the first millennium B.C. |
| ESTE | Dynasty that ruled the Italian city of Ferrara in medieval times (4) |
| ROMANOV | Russian imperial dynasty that ruled from 1613 until 1917 (7) |
| WEI | Dynasty that ruled in North China from 220AD, found in weigela! (3) |
| QING | China's last imperial dynasty |
| MOOR | Marston -, site of a 1644 battle near to York (4) |
| MONGOLDYNASTY | It ruled China from 1279 to 1368 |
| PENN | English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718). |
| SOMOZA | Surname of the dynasty that ruled Nicaragua from 1936 until overthrow by the Sandinistas in 1979 |
| PLANTAGENET | Relating to the English royal dynasty that ruled from 1154 until 1485 (11) |
