SC - Venetian Supremacy

[Richard Kappler II]

Lord Ras said:

>I conjecture that this is directly attributable to Venice being the
>commercial center of the known world at that time. Alas, I have no real
proof
>of my theory and am hoping that various archives and letters from that
period
>will finally find themselves published in English or any form so my theory
>can be proved or disproved.
>
>Ras


Venice was the commercial center of the Mediterranean.  The Hanseatic League
controlled the Baltic, North Sea and their environs commercially and
politically from ca 13th to the early to mid 16th century.

regards, Puck

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