WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most powerful of them, the Franks invaded the territory in the 5th century and brought the Christianity with them. By 800 today’s Netherlands was a part of the powerful Franks Empire of Charlemagne.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Dutch Golden Age (Dutch: Gouden Eeuw [ˈɣʌudə(n) ˈeːu]) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, “Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art and the Dutch military were among the most acclaimed in Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yes, they were. The Dutch East India Company [VOIC] was the most powerful the world has ever seen. The Dutch Republic itself had a powerful navy and an army able to defend the country, but the VOIC had a vast private military navy as well as a merchant navy. The VOIC had its own field armies and minted its own coins.

Detailed explanation-4: -Taking advantage of a favorable agricultural base, the Dutch achieved success in the fishing industry and the Baltic and North Sea carrying trade during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries before establishing a far-flung maritime empire in the seventeenth century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mark Rutte (Dutch: [ˈmɑr(ə)k ˈrʏtə] ( listen); born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010 and Leader of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2006.