[Video] How did the Dutch create the Netherlands?

We did not build Nederland, we reclaimed it quite literally. Fact is that The Netherlands had way more land before, but the practice of removing the garments caused the seas to break inland and flooded mostly North Holland from what is known now as Waddenzee to what was then known as het Almere, a small lake where the city of Almere is now. This flood happened about 1200 years ago and was largely man made disaster, thousands died. Then they (monks from Egmond) started to lay dikes to start reclaiming the land and protect it. Still we have not reclaimed all of the IJsselmeer. People like the lake better than build on it, so a lot of people oppose the reclaiming of the land in favour of Nature. Which is understandable. But slowly the land will have to be reclaimed, as we see with Amsterdam IJburg and of course Flevoland. So we have destroyed our land before with a lot of death attached to it, and spend 1200 years to rebuild it. We did not create it, i am sorry... Its just a way to make us feel better for our huge egoistic failures.