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Was Switzerland ever an Empire

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

No. It never as a country made offensive war on anyone, apart from fighting and killing in battle Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy around 1470 AD, who they knew had designs on Switzerland's independence. Nor did Switzerland ever have colonies or otherwise 'conquered' lands. It was just a rather loose confederation of Swiss provinces (Cantons). Only around 1850 did Switzerland get its present form, laws and institutions.

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