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|Chinese dynasties follow four general categories of name origins:
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|Chinese dynasties follow four general categories of name origins:
* geographic origins (Qin, Han dynasties)
* geographic origins (Qin, Han dynasties)
* capital cities (Sui and Tang dynasties)
* capital cities (Sui and Tang dynasties)
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** Charlemagne thus gained Church legitimacy in exchange for vassalhood to the Church
** Charlemagne thus gained Church legitimacy in exchange for vassalhood to the Church
* "Holy Roman" = representing the Roman Church
* "Holy Roman" = representing the Roman Church
* Empire = power inherited from ancient Roman emperors
* Empire = power supposedly inherited from ancient Roman emperors, i.e., considered in their lineage
|800-1806
|800-1806
(962 alternative start date)
(962 alternative start date)
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* early stages, included France under the Carolingian line of French (Frankish) kings, but as France emerged as independent kingdom under the Capetian dynasty ( 987 to 1328, started by Hugh Capet; no certainty for the name, "Capet", but one can think of "head" for Capet, as in "head of France")
[[File:Holy Roman Empire 11th century map-en.svg|thumb|The Holy Roman Empire between 972 and 1032|left|245x245px]]
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|House of Valois (France)
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|1328-1589
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|House of Bourbon (France)
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|1589-1792, 1815-1830, 1830-1848
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* note the interrupted timeline, starting w/ the French Revolution, 1792, and the Napoleonic period, then 1815, 1830 and 1848 revolutions
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|Austrian Empire
|Austrian Empire
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* "House of Hapsburg" from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in in early 1000s in modern day Switzerland  
* "House of Hapsburg" from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in in early 1000s in modern day Switzerland
* empire indicates conquest, so think of Hungary, Slavic countries, lower Germany, etc.
|1804–1867
|1804–1867
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