The Netherlands is located in Europe and was the first modern country with over one-half of its population living in cities and towns. The Netherlands known as the Republic of Dutch is among the countries not governed by a Monarch in the 17th century.
The Netherlands became England's biggest competitor in maritime in the mid-seventeenth century. Urbanization in the Netherlands transformed the country's economy as a result of great trade, religious tolerance, agriculture and textile.
It produced effective, well-trained government workers who helped the emperors rule China's growing, increasingly complex society and ran the day-to-day business of the government.
The Council of Nicea was very important for the history of Christendom as it established an uniformed conception about the divine nature of Jesus as Son of God and its role into the Trinity. Also, the Council created the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed wich is one of the foundations of the Christian faith. This creed is fundamental in the origin of the set of Catholic beliefs.
