gov/collection/gallery/dutch.shtm DUTCH AND FLEMISH PAINTING OF THE 16TH-17TH CENTURIES Religious and political turmoil in the 1500s split the Low Countries into two nations with differing social values and artistic tastes. Flanders remained Catholic and royalist; Flemish artists such as Rubens and Van Dyck glorified the Church and monarchy with grandiose themes‚ lively compositions‚ and vivid colors. The United Netherlands‚ however‚ became a republic populated mainly by Calvinists. Dutch Protestants like Rembrandt
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Challenges the Dutch faced were due to a series of European wars‚ internal disunity and conflict‚ and a loss of trade dominance and economic prosperity. Threatened by the Dutch trading monopolies‚ France and England went to war with the Dutch and won. In all the Anglo-Dutch wars‚ the English defeated the Dutch and according to the "Estimated Losses to Merchant Shipping in Three Anglo - Dutch Wars 1652-1574"‚ seized 2000-2700 ships‚ compared to the Dutch‚ who captured 500 ships. The Anglo-Dutch wars damaged
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During the seventeenth century the Netherland experienced a time that is now known as the “Dutch Golden Age”. In all the parts of creating a well put together country‚ the Netherland prospered. In the seventeenth century the Netherlands were capable of creating this “Dutch Golden Age” because of how the managed their economy‚ their intellectual life‚ their political beliefs‚ and the affects all of this had on their society. The Netherlands had a very prosperous economy. They exported diamonds‚
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Today we present our paper on a phenomenon called “Dutch Disease‚” that tries to explain changes in growth of an economy in the presence of a favorable shock. While it most often refers to natural resource discovery‚ it can also be extended to include "any development that results in a large inflow of foreign currency‚ including a sharp surge in natural resource prices‚ foreign assistance‚ and foreign direct investment."[1] The term was coined in 1977 by The Economist to describe the decline of
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COMPANY PROFILE Royal Dutch Shell plc REFERENCE CODE: D92F7766-4521-4359-857D-3E0F3A288EAB PUBLICATION DATE: 6 Feb 2015 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Royal Dutch Shell plc TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...........................................................................
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3/22/10 The economic and political success of the Dutch and the English between 1570-1766 How the Dutch and English became successful was not only in trading but being merchants and bankers as well. When the other countries were busy fighting each other the Dutch were specializing in trading with them. Out of 20‚000 trading vessels 16‚000 of them were Dutch ships." In the early 1400’s two thirds were based in Amsterdam."The English and Dutch went to war over trading not only once but three times
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The Dutch were one of the most powerful colonies in the world at the time. One of their greatest conquers is in Southeast Asia. The Dutch arrived in Indonesia in 1596. Dutch colonialism was carried out initially by the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) from 1605 to 1799. The VOC created forts and settlements in places as widely dispersed as Mocca (Arabian Peninsula)‚ Surat (Gujarat)‚ Colombo and Galle (Sri Lanka‚ formerly Ceylon)‚ Calcutta (Bengal)‚ Beijing‚ Macau and Canton (China)‚ Deshima (Japan)
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The Dutch and Indonesia The Dutch stayed in Indonesia for 350 years and during the time they stayed they had absolute power over all the nations of Indonesia. In terms of economy they applied three systems to rule over Indonesia’s spices trade‚ Mercantilism‚ Capitalism and Monopoly. However if anyone decides to think about how the Dutch managed to take over such a vast nation with millions of people only with a handful of soldiers‚ it would occur to them that this was a battle the Dutch couldn’t
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/INTRODUCTION: We are going to talk about Dutch loanwords in Indonesian. About 20% of Indonesian words can be traced back to Dutch words. Some of these words are academic terms‚ for example terms in law‚ which is the reason that for many studies in Indonesia‚ it is compulsory to take a course of Dutch Language. But the Dutch influence is also visible in everyday Indonesian language. I personally thought that the reason for this would be obvious: the Dutch were present for almost 350 years in what
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Power Distance In Dutch culture power distance is not a common behavior. “Acting Normal” is the appreciated standard. Dutch people do not accept hierarchy. Egalitarianism plays an important role in the private as well as business behavior. Employees in a lower positions cannot be treated as a “subordinates” or as inferiors who do everything their boss will tell them. Here the director of the company should say “hello” to the cleaning personal and should be careful with giving them the feeling that
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