00:00How did Belgium's territory change over time?
00:03Belgium was once part of the Spanish Netherlands,
00:05but when the Netherlands declared independence,
00:08Belgium became the Austrian Netherlands,
00:10which was soon conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte.
00:13After Napoleon's defeat, the Netherlands united with Belgium,
00:16but it broke apart a decade later, granting Belgium independence.
00:20Belgium was created as a country split between French and Dutch speakers,
00:24so it had no language of its own.
00:26Yet somehow it still exists today.
00:28Belgium soon annexed a part of Luxembourg.
00:31Belgium later became a colonial power and created a colony in Africa,
00:35consisting of today's DR Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi.
00:39This tiny country somehow controlled a colony over 70 times larger than itself.
00:44In both World War I and World War II, Belgium was a neutral country,
00:48but despite this, they got invaded both times.
00:51But after World War I, they gained a piece of Germany.
00:55Later their colonies declared independence, forming modern Belgium.
00:58the mountains were a ancient city ever called in the Southland.
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