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Map of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, with insets of Amsterdam and Brussels (c. 1900), from the 10th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Low Countries polder Amsterdam Luxembourg city: fortress of Luxembourg
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Low Countries: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: The MET - Low Countries, 1000–1400 A.D. Jan 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Low Countries. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Musée protestant - Protestantism in the Low Countries. Apr 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Musée protestant - Protestantism in the Low Countries. Apr 17, 2023
Add new Web site: The Met - Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D. Feb 11, 2023
Updated the lowest point in the Low Countries. Feb 01, 2019
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Sep 15, 2010
Add new Web site: Electric Scotland - Invasion of the Low Countries and the Fall of France. Aug 18, 2010
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Low Countries, Europe. Aug 18, 2010
Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Low Countries. Aug 18, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jan 08, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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