Public-private power: VOC and the Dutch state

🌍🕯️ Long before modern nations existed, three extraordinary cities laid the foundations of how we think, rule, build, and live today. From law and writing to democracy, astronomy, roads, maps, and architecture — these ancient centers shaped human civilization in ways that still echo through every city on Earth.
Tonight, close your eyes and wander through the quiet ruins of the three places that didn’t just make history… they invented the world.

👉 Boring History For Sleep | Cities, stories, and the quiet birth of civilization. 💤