Amsterdam | History, Population, Map, Climate, Facts | Britannica The current Dutch capital first took shape as a small medieval settlement on dikes containing the Amstel where it met the IJ The Amstel was dammed to control flooding, and the city’s name derives from the Amstel dam
Netherlands - Art, Cuisine, Windmills | Britannica Netherlands - Art, Cuisine, Windmills: The cultural life of the Netherlands is varied and lively Dutch painting and crafts are world renowned, and Dutch painters are among the greatest the world has ever known
Flag | Origins, Forms, Functions | Britannica In Europe, flags were subdivided according to their shape and purpose into standards, banners, guidons, pennons, and streamers There were also many flags of a personal, family, or local significance that were of a different, and usually more complex, pattern
Netherlands Antilles | History, Flag, Capital, Currency, Facts . . . Netherlands Antilles, group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea that formerly constituted an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands The group is composed of two widely separated subgroups approximately 500 miles (800 km) apart
Indonesia - Dutch Expansion, Colonization, Trade | Britannica Between 1870 and 1910 the Dutch had thus effectively completed the process of converting the East Indies into a unified colonial dependency and, indeed, of laying the foundations of the future Indonesian republic
Transatlantic Slave Trade | Causes Effects | Britannica The system that emerged became known as the triangular trade because it had three stages that roughly form the shape of a triangle when viewed on a map The first stage began in Europe, where manufactured goods were loaded onto ships bound for ports on the African coast
Flag of the Netherlands | Colors, Meaning History | Britannica The Dutch flag at sea after 1577 was an orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour, although it was never officially adopted Likewise, there was never any official recognition given to the replacement of the orange by red, a transformation completed by 1660
Römer | Germanic, Baroque, Goblet | Britannica Usually thick and heavy, the glasses have short stems, feet that are sometimes square, and bowls with a variety of shapes This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen