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[–] juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Netherlands was really different back then…

[–] JustCopyingOthers@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

The Cambridge fens (UK) were under water at that time too (they were drained with the help of the Dutch)

I think the coastline of the southeast of the UK changed in the 1200s due to a massive storm. What are inland hills now were islands.

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