As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands.hips sailed from Amsterdam to the Baltic Sea, North America, and Africa, as well as present-day Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Brazil, forming the basis of a worldwide trading network. Amsterdam's merchants had the largest share in both the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company.
1 Sweden is the 3rd largest EU country in land area, after France and Spain. 2  Sweden is one of the homelands of the Germanic ethnicity and culture. 3  The Goths, the Suevirs and the Norses (Vikings) all trace their origin back to Sweden (as well as Norway and Denmark for the latter).
Russia is famous for many reasons but two of the biggest reasons are; 1. It is the largest country in the world. And 2. For its involvement in World War 2 where they beat the â¦ Nazis and took their capital Berlin, Germany.he influence it had and it has on the world. (Russia helped many countries to declare independence. For example: Greece was dominated by the ottoman Empire. In 1821, the Greek rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.