The main content of the eighth episode of the rise of great powers

Episode 2: A Small Country, Big Business (Netherlands).

The Netherlands, a small country in northwestern Europe the size of two and a half Beijing, fishes for herring in wetlands and lakes infested by the tides.

Started and engaged in re-export**.

They designed ships that were cheaper to build, relying on advantageous geographical locations.

and good business reputation, gradually turning from a middleman into a fighter for ocean voyages.

Wealthy Dutch citizens bought the city's autonomy from the nobility and established a joint provincial republic with full protection of merchants' rights. They founded the East India Company, the world's first joint stock company.

monopolized half of the world's ** at that time; They built the world's first first-class ticket exchange.

The capital market was born.

They were the first to create the modern bank and invent the credit system that is still used today. With the creation of a series of modern financial and commercial systems, the 17th century became the century of the Netherlands. Due to natural factors such as the size of the country, at the end of the 17th century, the Netherlands gradually lost its hegemony over the world.

But to this day, the Dutch are still prosperous, and the business rules pioneered by the Dutch continue to influence the world.

The historical facts of the film are grasped more accurately, and the theme of the rise and fall of great powers is grasped on the basis. The film explores the experience and lessons of the rise of nine great powers from the special perspective of Chinese, and China's four modernizations.

The film's intentions are lofty, the narrative is reasonable, and it is a rare film that uses video materials and the language of TV people to explain that China is China in the world, and Chinese should have a world and international vision. The film is rich in educational significance, and it also triggered the history of the Chinese world.

Reflections of scholars.

Since the 15th century, the development of human society has entered a new stage, and the original fragmented world has begun to be truly connected into a whole, and the countries of the world, which are separated from each other, have begun to know and understand each other, and have also competed with each other. On the world stage since modern times, nine countries have appeared in different historical periods, which have had a significant impact on the development of human society. They are:

Portugal. Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the United States.

The film interprets the history of the rise of 9 world powers since the 15th century, the reasons behind their prosperity, and interprets the 500-year history of the rise of major powers, and further looks for a mirror for China's modernization development, with the intention of "letting history illuminate the itinerary".

Episode 1 tells the story of the maritime age, namely Portugal and Spain.

Episode 2 tells the story of a small country, the Netherlands.

Episode 3 tells the story of the Upper Part of England that goes to the modern age.

Episode 4 tells the story of the industrial pioneer, the lower part of the United Kingdom.

Episode 5, which tells the story of the years, that is, France.

Episode 6 tells the story of the Spring and Autumn of the Empire, that is, Germany.

Episode 7 tells the story of the 100-year Restoration, that is, Japan.

Episode 8 tells the story of Tsarist Russia.

The first 9 episodes tell the story of the Soviet Union.

Episode 10 tells the story of a new country and a new dream, that is, the first part of the United States.

Episode 11 tells the story of the New Deal, the next part of the United States.

In the 12th episode, the Mu clan talks about the thoughts of the road, that is, the conclusion.

Summary: Since the 15th century, the development of human society has entered a new stage, and the originally divided world has begun to be connected into a whole in a real sense, and the countries of the world that have been separated from each other have begun to know and understand each other, and they have also competed with each other.

In the modern era, nine countries have appeared in different historical periods, which have had a significant impact on the development of human society. They are: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the United States.

The film interprets the history of the rise of 9 world powers since the 15th century, the reasons behind their prosperity, and interprets the 500-year history of the rise of major powers, and further looks for a mirror for China's modernization development, with the intention of "letting history illuminate the itinerary".