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The history of Belgium stretches back before the origin of the modern state of that name in 1830. Belgium’s history is intertwined with those of its neighbours: the Netherlands Germany France and Luxembourg. For most of its history what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory such as the Carolingian Empire or divided into a number of smaller states prominent among them being the Duchy of Brabant the County of Flanders the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and Luxembourg.
