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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 155941" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings! I can't respond properly at the moment, as I'm about to go see a movie with my wife. However, upon my return, I shall provide a thorough and detailed response.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK(Edit--I have returned!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)Well, the Hanseatic League came to power slowly in the beginning because of the following:(1) There was a rough frontier that encouraged independent solutions(2) There was a common religion, Catholicism, which united not only the members, but also the nation-states around them. (3) At the time, because of time, distance, and resources, the nation-states had a difficulty in totally supervising or protecting these frontier settlements and cities alike. Foir these reasons, the city-states began to form alliances and to look after themselves. As they then formed economic trade-agreements, and determined to come to the aid of another member, the league grew. The Catholic nation-states, though envious of the growing wealth, saw no immediate reason to war against fellow Catholics. Thus, for many years the Hanseatic League prospered--about 250 years or so. The Hanseatic League began to fail for several reasons, as follows:(1) The fish migrations in the Baltic changed, with some of the most valuable fish moving to areas further west, in the North Sea. This allowed easier access by the Hanseatic League's competitors, and eroded their leverage in the fishing market, which, because of Good Friday, and the Catholic observation of fish-only on Fridays, that evolved to shift the economic profits of the Hanseatic League significantly.(2) The Protestant Reformation: This religious upheaval changed the religious demographic of Europe. Now, there were Protestant nation-states that were more than willing to invade the Hanseatic League. The Hanseatic League couldn't fight them all off, and the Catholic nation-states were heavily involved in warfare as well. (3) The above developments gradually gave rise to different trade routes into the Russian interior and the east being developed over time, that eventually acted as a drain as well on the Hanseatic League's economy.Gradually, the city-states that made up the Hanseatic League were either conquered, impoverished, or left on their own. Eventually, the Hanseatic League simply ceased to exist.I hope this has been helpful.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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