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The region Jiang identifies with present-day Belgium and the Netherlands under Habsburg/Spanish influence.
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Low Countries
The region Jiang identifies with present-day Belgium and the Netherlands under Habsburg/Spanish influence.
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The Low Countries' poverty and autonomy fostered egalitarian independence, textile work, and eventual conflict with Spanish attempts to enforce Catholic control.
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"...time in history, the Dutch are part of something called the Low Countries. Low Countries include today the Belgium and the Netherlands, okay? That's..."
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"...it was cold, it was poor, people worked hard. And the Low Countries was one of the first places to develop textiles. And as..."
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"...the most powerful nation in the world at this time. The Low Countries, it's like 1.5 million people at this time. Okay, so it's..."
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"...is they needed a way to unite the people of the low countries into fighting the Spanish. How do you incentivize the people into..."
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"...this is the holy roman empire which includes the netherlands the low countries the problem though is once you have this territory you have..."
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"...What's important to first remember is that throughout its history, the Low Countries, the Netherlands, they were an egalitarian, independent, open -minded people. And..."
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The Dutch Golden Age begins with a poisoned Spanish windfall and ends with Vermeer exposing cracks in the respectable household.
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