The Hanseatic League was a consortium of trading towns which all-but monopolised trade in the north and baltic seas between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. But how did they manage to achieve this and what led to their decline? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my patrons: Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Arcedia Sergio M. Vela MajesticFirebird Harley Raptopoulos George Kapoyanis Colonel Oneill Steven B robert lalonde CharÉTS Gin Aldeguer Dennis Vandeban Mathias.C Brendan W Ethan Heath Robertson Southside Mitch Justin Kubusch John Michael Kram Leonard Frank Cippalippus ChrisRom Travis Mount Aaron Conaway Sean Uzar Nathan Mendelsohn Christopher Godfrey zockotron Alex Teplyakov Chach Dr. Schtnizel Ron Johnson Steven Gibson Jesse Plung Matthew Toles Handsoup mgnesium.poetry Jacob Zachs Jason Vandeventer Jason Hirsch Leena Al-Souki John Garcia Joe DeVito Matt Reed Florian Mäder Zachary Pascalar Anthony McCann Colm Byrne Valentyn No way Stefan Møller Cade Summers William Yates Brayden Perry BattleGoat Studios Clay Carroll Joseph Reinsch ZCoupon Jonny Minogue BenDrums24 Yared Cristiano Tristan Kreller Ishan Roychowdhury Jeffrey Schneider Jamie van Brewen JT96 Ryan Haber Alex G. Wolf Mik Scheper Joell Bel Aeryn and Lisa Toland Kishan Nair James R DeVries Ken Fitzgerald Sean Long Jane Sumpter Hunter Bayliss 0_DannyBoy Shauna K Tino StarshockNova Piotr Wojnowski Tyler Bomkamp Joshua Schneider Tranier Bocaj Nicholas Menghini Tony Belmonte Nolan Peale Garrett Manarin Nick Macarius Angel Aguiñaga Chris PeBenito Duke Duane Bridges Flinnster00 Sahni blaZzinG_FurY ARandomPaperClip Bartosz Zasada Hexapuma Tim Stumbaugh Tim Stone Windischgraetz Justin Short C. C. C. Warren Rudkin Juan Castillo Ahmed Roshdi Ned Burke George Caponera Logical Insanity Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm Geoffrey Sparrow Tim Sweeney TheFlyingDeutschland erez87 Robin! Robert Meehan Burt Clothier Ethan Harlow Matthew Ward Donald Weaver SirAlpaka David Spellmeyer Moraxian Charles Kwiatkowski Mars Project LambOfLeg Paul Munro Mark Littlehale Juan Benet Harrison Wiener Roko Lisica YugiJitsu Games Oriki Brian Giordano Peter Hopkins Philip Yip Nathan Snyder Will Sullivan John Gross-Whitaker Zachary Oertel Dan Reiher Kevin Phoenix Sean D. Mario Mejia Martha Grondin sharpie660 Andrew F Erik Hare Evan Ellingson John Orr Jack Nelson Andreas Mosand tegsirat Andrew Patane Alexandre Corbett Manny F ixs Thomas McGraw Aaron Larrow The Funks Ciege Engine khaki enthusiast Matthew O'Connor Bobby Giordano Remko Huisman Patty Culp Rosebird george tyler Joseph Hutchins alexccg Mr.Myoozik Jakester1238 Nathan Ngumi Steve Bonds James Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Joel Wasserman Ben Jambor Andrew Sever Jon Wright Nicolas Dronsky Syagrius Beans Vegard Tønnessen Matt Busch Matthew Venuti T. c. north Joshportunities nullptr Richard Wolfe William Clark Bort Ward Ruben Rodriguez I'm Not In The Description Dustin Koellhoffer Eric Askins Sara Birnbaum Mark Ploegstra Dr. Sarno Vance Christiaanse Nuukov Jonathan Niehaus Mario Peshev Adrian Marine Allen Rines Peter Marino Tactical_Jackal HelloAgain Konstantin Bredyuk D. Mahlik Phillip Gathright Liquid Chief Bradley Backoff Contdoko12 William Adderholdt Serius_Loyola Dullis KNSTRKTVST Darth Zayexeet Colin Cecil Chris Weisel Jasmin Vikk Tortle! Jeff Sharon ThePalestRose WolfiZee Chase Labiste A. J. Smart bas mensink Spencer DeRosier Tyler Jenkins Carl Blanton SketerK Rob Rollins Joseph Kerckhoff Thomas Wang Sethars Ian M Swanfleet Jasdeep Brar Melissa Prober Bren Ehnebuske Hiro P Isabel Harrison Ali Sadighian Anthony Uk Ted Ingram Charles Doolittle Shannon Cartee Seth Reeves Shakira Graham Doug MacLean Miky Hidalgo Morriss Heytun Robert Brockway Tom Ebert Samantha McCormick Tom of Essex blei95 Tommi Hewitt Robin_Col Lindorien João Santos Kameohawk Typhoon2401 Russell Downing Kasi M Scho Jan Bart Verbist Daniel O'Reilly Schwarzer Hai Jackarice26 zemnmez James Gina Service Rhys Jackson Ben L Tarsirrus Rhys Little Ash Elford Twinny Hill Phil Johnston Roberticus1992