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Amsterdam [ See Netherlands on the map ]

The Netherlands, inhabited since the Ice Age, were invaded and then controlled by many factions over time, including the Romans, Germanic Franks and Spanish.

Via the (Dutch East and West India Companies) it once ruled its own worldwide empire of trade during much of the 17th and 18th Centuries.

This classic home of Rembrandt, windmills and tulips, is in a constant battle with the sea to save its land. In that effort it uses 1,500 miles of dikes, a tidal barrage and additional innovative technologies.

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