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Hansa: see Hanseatic League Hanseatic League (hăn'sēăt`ĭk, hăn'zē–), mercantile league of medieval German towns. ..... Click the link for more information. . Hanseatic Leagueor Hansa(from German Hanse, “association”) Organization founded in the late medieval period by northern German towns and merchant communities to protect their trading interests. The league dominated commercial activity in northern Europe from the 13th to the 15th century. It protected transport of goods by quelling pirates and brigands and fostered safe navigation by building lighthouses. Most important, it sought to organize and control trade by winning commercial privileges and monopolies and by establishing trading bases overseas. In extreme cases its members resorted to warfare, as when they raised an armed force that defeated the Danes in 1368 and confirmed the league's supremacy in the Baltic Sea. Over 150 towns were at some point associated with the league, including Bremen, Hamburg, and Lübeck. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Also coming along close behind the Lear was the Jet Commander, the Hansa Jet and the Hawker 125. Another Seattle teacher took her students on a field trip to the Woodland Park Zoo to see Hansa, the new baby elephant, taking her bath. Director of the Green Gallery, Bellamy had come to New York from Cincinnati, and had previously run the Hansa gallery, where Allan Kaprow first showed. |
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