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Landmark Europe trade

Bruges

1200 CE – 1500 CE · 300 years

Medieval commercial hub of the Hanseatic League in Flanders

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1100 CE)
  2. Kingdom of France (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Holy Roman Empire (1279 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Habsburg Netherlands (1530 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Spanish Netherlands (1650 CE–1700 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. Austrian Netherlands (1715 CE–1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. France (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Austrian Empire (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Belgium (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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  • Approximate

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870 CE – 1400 CE

Landmark · Europe

Cologne Cathedral

1248 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Byzantine Empire

395 CE – 1453 CE

Conflict · Europe

Anglo–Scottish Wars

1296 CE – 1560 CE

Trade route · Europe

Portuguese Spice Route

1498 CE – 1700 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1200 CE and 1500 CE.

1200 CE Lübeck 1200 CE Lisbon 1200 CE Hamburg 1200 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo 1201 CE Riga

And in the rest of the world

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