Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League (German: Hanse, Latin: Liga Hanseatica or Hansa Teutonica), or simply the Hansa, is a major and influential confederation of merchant guilds and market towns active in the Baltic Sea. Although the Hansa cannot be called a state and nor precisely a confederation, it is an essential political entity created to protect their members' economic interests and diplomatic privileges, as well as their trade routes.
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