Hanseatic League
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Founded | 1358 |
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Ceased operations | 1862 |
Capital | Lübeck |
Lingua franca | Middle Low German |
Membership | Baltic region |
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ID | 3055543 |
About Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 1100s, the league came to dominate Baltic maritime trade for three centuries along the coasts of Northern Europe.