1. Late Middle Ages
The Hanseatic League was a coalition of Low German merchants and towns to form a trading company, which carried on long-distance trade (Trade, Long-distance ) in northern Europe from the mid-12th century (the so-called early Hanseatic period) to the end of the 17th, dominating it between roughly 1300 and 1500.
In the 15th century, the Hanseatic League included some 70 cities that participated actively…