Home›More›Articles›How a flood and a dam made Amsterdam a trading portArticleHow a flood and a dam made Amsterdam a trading portArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnAmsterdam, Cities Well-attested SourcesAmsterdam (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationHistory, FoundingQuote, History, FoundingIn an extremely short time, the shallow river IJ turned into a wide estuary, which from then on offered the Amstel an open connection to the Zuiderzee, IJssel, and waterways further afield.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.