dynasty

A recent revision of history textbooks has pruned chapters on the Mughal era, the Muslim dynasty that came from central Asia and ruled swaths of northern India for centuries.

The matchup with the Dodgers will offer star power on both sides, with the AL’s No. 1 seed this postseason squaring off against a defending champion trying to cement a dynasty.

Advisers point to Gilded Age dynasties that have disappeared to warn about depleted fortunes and families that no longer are connected.

"Here lie the end of dynasties, the relics of mighty empires, ruins which bear testimony to an age of glory."

Freymond’s in-laws aided his career in another way: They connected him to the Hermès dynasty.