Hanseatic League

geographical name

former northern European commercial confederacy that was made up primarily of individual German towns and German communities abroad and exerted its greatest influence in the 13th to 15th centuries

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“Hanseatic League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hanseatic%20League. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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