Talk:Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition/@comment-212.133.196.52-20191224235457/@comment-212.133.196.52-20200105145041

Hokton I didnt know that I made some search you are right but I dont think anymore now dutch still fits into period

The Romans ruled over the Netherlands for 450 years, influencing the citizens of the Netherlands in a grand way. Towns were built, new settlements founded, and new military structures constructed. The influence of the Romans would affect the citizens for generations to come.

The Early Middle Ages (411 – 1000) would see many achievements in the Dutch culture. It was during this time that the Frisian Kingdom was established, the Dutch language emerged, the first Christians settled into the area, and the Vikings raided the Low Countries.

The High Middle Ages (1000 – 1432) saw the Netherlands become part of the Holy Roman Empire, and accompanied with the continual war between feuding states. Holland established itself as a major area of influence, and saw many wars between 1350 and 1490, mainly over the title of count of Holland.

The Burgundian period (1433 – 1567) was begun when the Duke of Burgundy united much of what would become the current day Netherlands and Belgium. It was the period when the

Dutch’s road to nationalism began. And it’s also where our story begins.

But I still think Swiss can be added because imo it still fits the period its true they were part of HRE but later became independent

, but this one was to be considered much later as the foundation of the Swiss Confederation (only since 1891 has August 1, 1291, been celebrated as the birth of the nation). The accounts of William Tell and of the foundation of the confederation in the Rütli meadow by the shore of Lake Lucerne are legendary products as well, but they date from the late 15th century. Within the empire the three Waldstätte sided with the Habsburgs’ rivals; Henry VII of Luxembourg confirmed direct imperial rule over the region in 1309, as later did Ludwig of Bavaria. In the Battle of Morgarten in 1315, the peasant foot soldiers of the forest cantons defeated an army of armoured Austrian knights sent against them in response to attacks on the wealthy monastery of Einsiedeln (near Lake Zürich). After the victory the league of 1291 was confirmed and extended; in matters of foreign relations, consultation among the members became compulsory.