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    Amsterdam was founded in the late 10th century and was granted city rights in 1300. It flourished in the 14th century due to trade with the Hanseatic League. During the Dutch Revolt in the 16th century, Amsterdam became known for its religious tolerance and attracted many refugees. In the 17th century, Amsterdam's Golden Age, it became the wealthiest city in the world through overseas trade and its role in the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company. However, its prosperity declined in the 18th-19th centuries due to wars with England and France.

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    Amsterdam was founded in the late 10th century and was granted city rights in 1300. It flourished in the 14th century due to trade with the Hanseatic League. During the Dutch Revolt in the 16th century, Amsterdam became known for its religious tolerance and attracted many refugees. In the 17th century, Amsterdam's Golden Age, it became the wealthiest city in the world through overseas trade and its role in the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company. However, its prosperity declined in the 18th-19th centuries due to wars with England and France.

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    Amsterdam was founded in the late 10th century and was granted city rights in 1300. It flourished in the 14th century due to trade with the Hanseatic League. During the Dutch Revolt in the 16th century, Amsterdam became known for its religious tolerance and attracted many refugees. In the 17th century, Amsterdam's Golden Age, it became the wealthiest city in the world through overseas trade and its role in the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company. However, its prosperity declined in the 18th-19th centuries due to wars with England and France.

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    Amsterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The Oude Kerk was consecrated in


    1306.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam

    Amsterdam's founding is relatively


    recent compared with much older Dutch
    cities such as Nijmegen, Rotterdam, and
    Utrecht. In October 2008, historical
    geographer Chris de Bont suggested that
    the land around Amsterdam was being
    reclaimed as early as the late 10th
    century. This does not necessarily mean
    that there was already a settlement then
    since reclamation of land may not have
    been for farmingit may have been for
    peat, used as fuel.[23]

    A woodcut depicting
    Amsterdam as of 1544. The
    famous Grachtengordel had
    not yet been established.

    Amsterdam was granted city rights in either 1300 or 1306.[24] From the 14th
    century on, Amsterdam flourished, largely because of trade with the Hanseatic
    League. In 1345, an alleged Eucharistic miracle in the Kalverstraat rendered the city an important place of
    pilgrimage until the adoption of the Protestant faith. The Stille Omganga silent procession in civil attireis
    today a remnant of the rich pilgrimage history.[25]

    Conflict with Spain


    In the 16th century, the Dutch rebelled against Philip II of Spain and his
    successors. The main reasons for the uprising were the imposition of new taxes,
    the tenth penny, and the religious persecution of Protestants by the Spanish
    Inquisition. The revolt escalated into the Eighty Years' War, which ultimately
    led to Dutch independence.[26] Strongly pushed by Dutch Revolt leader
    William the Silent, the Dutch Republic became known for its relative religious
    tolerance. Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, Huguenots from France, prosperous
    merchants and printers from Flanders, and economic and religious refugees
    from the Spanish-controlled parts of the Low Countries found safety in
    Amsterdam. The influx of Flemish printers and the city's intellectual tolerance
    made Amsterdam a centre for the European free press.[27]

    Center of the Dutch Golden Age

    Courtyard of the Amsterdam


    Stock Exchange by Emanuel
    de Witte, 1653. The
    Amsterdam Stock Exchange
    was the first stock exchange to
    introduce continuous trade in
    the early 17th century.

    The 17th century is considered Amsterdam's Golden Age, during which it


    became the wealthiest city in the world.[28] Ships sailed from Amsterdam to the
    Baltic Sea, North America, and Africa, as well as present-day Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Brazil, forming
    the basis of a worldwide trading network. Amsterdam's merchants had the largest share in both the Dutch East
    India Company and the Dutch West India Company. These companies acquired overseas possessions that later
    became Dutch colonies. Amsterdam was Europe's most important point for the shipment of goods and was the
    leading Financial Centre of the world.[29] In 1602, the Amsterdam office of the Dutch East India Company
    became the world's first stock exchange by trading in its own shares.[30]

    Decline and modernization


    Amsterdam's prosperity declined during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The wars of the Dutch Republic with
    England and France took their toll on Amsterdam. During the Napoleonic Wars, Amsterdam's significance

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