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Canon of the Netherlands

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    Trijntje

    The hunter-gatherers

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    Megalithic tombs

    The first farmers

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    The Roman Limes

    On the frontiers of the Roman world

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    Willibrord

    The spread of Christianity

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    Charlemagne

    Emperor of the West

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    Hebban olla vogala

    The Dutch language under development

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    The Hanseatic League

    Collaboration pays off

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    Hieronymus Bosch

    Painter in a medieval town

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    Mary of Burgundy

    Sovereign between Burgundy and Habsburg

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    Erasmus

    A critical mind in Europe

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    The Revolt

    From the Iconoclastic Fury to the Act of Abjuration

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    William of Orange

    From rebel to “Father of the Fatherland”

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    Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

    Chasms within the Republic

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    The trading Companies VOC & WIC

    Sailing and fighting for trade

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    The Beemster Polder

    Dry feet in the polder

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    Hugo Grotius

    Pioneer of modern international law

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    The States Bible

    The power of the Word

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    Rembrandt

    A country full of painters

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    Blaeu’s Atlas Maior

    Mapping the world

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    Michiel de Ruyter

    The Republic in choppy seas

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    Christiaan Huygens

    The beginnings of modern science

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    Spinoza

    In search of truth

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    Slavery

    Human trafficking and forced labour

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    Eise Eisinga

    The solar system in a living room

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    Sara Burgerhart

    Rebellious women in the Age of Reason

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    The patriots

    Democratising the Republic

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    Napoleon Bonaparte

    The French period in the Netherlands

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    King William I

    The Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belgium

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    The first railway

    Acceleration

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    The Constitution

    The most important law of the Netherlands

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    Max Havelaar

    Injustice in the Dutch East Indies

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    The Child Protection Act of Van Houten

    Out of the factory and into the school

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    Vincent van Gogh

    Painter in a new age

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    Aletta Jacobs

    Standing up for equal rights

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    World War I

    Wartime neutrality

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    Anton de Kom

    Fighting racism and colonialism

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    World War II

    The Netherlands occupied and liberated

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    Anne Frank

    The persecution of the Jews

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    Indonesia

    The struggle for independence

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    The great flood

    The danger of water

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    Television

    The world on your screen

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    The port of Rotterdam

    Gateway to the world

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    Marga Klompé

    The welfare state

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    The immigrant workers

    New Dutch residents

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    Annie M.G. Schmidt

    Going against the grain of a bourgeois country

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    Coal and gas

    The energy issue

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    The Caribbean

    Far away yet connected

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    Srebrenica

    Responsible for peace

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    Europe

    Joining forces for a peaceful Europe

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    That Orange Feeling

    Sport connects

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