The history of the country predominantly is about how its neighbours like France, Germany and England, invaded Belgium. It was first invaded by the tribes of Germany and then during the 14th century it was ruled by Burgundy's French Duke. Under the foreign influence, the art, literature and trade and commerce flourished a lot. In the following centuries, the country was again invaded by the Spanish. Christianity started getting infused here since the 7th century and it created a lot of unrest and revolt during that time. There was a major war in 1568 where all the Low countries revolted against the Spanish and it lasted almost for a century followed by various treaties and political unifications. Belgium was declared independent in 1830. Again during the first world war, it was invaded by the Germans. After lot of struggles, it was finally out of the German grip.