…………….. was founded by north German towns and German mercantile communities to protect their mutual trading interests.

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• ………………….was an economic alliance of trading cities and their guilds that dominated trade along the coast of north Europe in the later middle ages.
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• The tri-partite periodisation became popular after the German historian ………………..used it in his ‘Universal History Divided into Ancient, Medieval and New Period’ (1683).
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• After…………………’s death external threats to his empire intensified, the Persians from the east and Slavs, Hungarians, Huns etc. from the north.
• ……………. discovered the concept of ‘true north’ and improved the design of ‘armillary sphere’.
• From the …………..sea region to the Persian Gulf region situated some of the important trading centers of the medieval period like Mocha, Aden, Yemen coast, Muscat etc.
• Several Rajput States also emerged during this period in North India, especially after the decline of the……………...
• ………………… popularized the Rama Bhakti cult in north India through his work, ‘Ramacharit Manas’.