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There is history and there is History. We have two ways of shaping the story of the past: the disorderly way of telling thousands of peculiarities and improbabilities, with intrigues, revolutions, coups, dynasties and names. And the shaping of a larger narrative, with the connection between the disorder of history to the order of History. See, history is a knot with many perspectives, causes and consequences. History is the way this all fits in a puzzle: how disorder with the many details can help understand the order of things.My task? To shape order to the History of the Netherlands, with ...

The Netherlands had a great century in the 1600s, until it all ended about three-fourths of the way along. Trading was all around; business was good. Their vast empire that reached across the world made money from spices, raw materials, metals, and so much more, with an extensive network of ships and merchants, and an entire army fleet. The Dutch Golden Era was a time in Dutch history varying from about 1588 (the start of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the "Catastrophe Year"), throughout which Dutch trade, science, and art, and the Dutch armed force, were amongst the world's best.

The Netherlands has a history that dates far back, even before Roman times. Let’s take a look at what happened during the times of the Romans. After the fall of the Roman Empire, or during it, we slowly see a transition into different cultures, habits, and beliefs, which inaugurated, at the time, the Medieval centuries, or the Middle Ages. Let’s explore what happened to the Netherlands area during that time as well.