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  2. Great Divergence - Wikipedia

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    Western Europe was also able to establish profitable trade with Eastern Europe. Countries such as Prussia, Bohemia and Poland had very little freedom in comparison to the West; [vague] forced labor left much of Eastern Europe with little time to work towards proto-industrialization and ample manpower to generate raw materials. [194]

  3. History of urban centres in the Low Countries - Wikipedia

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    In the East of the Low Countries, a number of towns aligned themselves with the Hanseatic cities that controlled the trade in and around the Baltic Sea. This resulted in a sudden economic boom for these cities, principally Zutphen, Kampen, Deventer, Elburg, Doesburg, Zwolle and their immediate surroundings. The boom was relatively short-lived ...

  4. Economic history of Europe (1000 AD–present) - Wikipedia

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    The League was a business alliance of trading cities and their guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe and flourished from the 1200 to 1500, and continued with lesser importance after that. The chief cities were Cologne on the Rhine River, Hamburg and Bremen on the North Sea, and Lübeck on the Baltic. [14]

  5. Hanseatic League - Wikipedia

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    The Hanseatic League [a] was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the ...

  6. History of cities - Wikipedia

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    Excavations at early urban sites show that some cities were sparsely populated political capitals, others were trade centers, and still other cities had a primarily religious focus. Some cities had large dense populations, whereas others carried out urban activities in the realms of politics or religion without having large associated populations.

  7. How Europe can avoid a trade war in a 2nd Trump term - AOL

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    The EU will need to respond if Trump implements his proposals for sweeping tariffs, but it has to be careful not to escalate tensions, economists say.

  8. Timeline of international trade - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the history of international trade which chronicles notable events that have affected the trade between various countries.. In the era before the rise of the nation state, the term 'international' trade cannot be literally applied, but simply means trade over long distances; the sort of movement in goods which would represent international trade in the modern world.

  9. Sister city - Wikipedia

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    Fingerposts in Oskarshamn, Sweden, showing the direction from the post of each of the city's twin towns. A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. [1]