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Today we are going to talk a little bit about Amsterdam.

Most of you are already aware of my love of and perhaps pathological need

to give historical context as far back as possible.

Usually I try for early classical civilization, but I'll go as far back as the Neolithic if I can.

Fortunately for all of you though I can't do that in the case

of Amsterdam. If I were to try I would have to brush up on my marine biology.

Amsterdam was until around brush up on my marine biology.

Amsterdam was until around the 10th century,

underwater.

They built Dykes there in the Netherlands

to keep the sea at bay, and within a couple of centuries the land was suitable for building and farming.

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