Research on the Reasons for the Prosperity of Hanseatic League
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DOI: 10.25236/humal.2017.03
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Haiyang Jiang
Abstract
There are three reasons for the prosperity of Hanseatic League. The first reason is wonderful natural background The second and most important reason is the social background: the Black Death caused serious productivity problems, the decline in productivity makes the European regions cannot feed themselves, The need for long-distance exchange and trade activities of bulk materials necessary for self-sufficiency must to be solved urgently. This need must be filled by a group or individual and the Hanseatic League coincides with its meeting; third, the organizational structure is fine. The above three reasons together promote the Hanseatic League to flourish.
Keywords
Reasons, Prosperity, Hanseatic League