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Summary Of: Zuiderzee

In the 20th century the majority of the Zuiderzee was closed off from the North Sea... the Zuiderzee became a volatile cauldron of water... Around the Zuiderzee many fishing villages grew up and several developed into walled towns with extensive trade connections... Contained within the Zuiderzee were four small islands... Plans for closing the Zuiderzee had been made over thirty years earlier but had not yet passed in...

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