In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power

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The economic prosperity of the Dutch Republic was the main reason for its prominence as a great power in the seventeenth century. The Dutch dominated trade in Europe and the Atlantic, and this wealth allowed them to finance their military and political power. The Dutch Republic did not dominate Mediterranean trade nor was its prominence a result of the ejection of the House of Orange. And it was not soundly defeated by the Spanish Netherlands in the seventeenth century.

In the Seventeenth Century the Prominence of the Dutch Republic