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Identifier: nineteenchristia00thom (find matches)
Title: Nineteen Christian centuries in outline. A guide to historical study for home reading and literary clubs
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Thompson, Lewis O., 1839-1887. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, A. Craig & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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d liberty. The AmericanRevolution was but a re-enactment of Magna Charta. V. THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE. A number of cities united for the protection oftrade and commerce against robbers and pirates. Itincluded some eighty cities in the chief places ofEurope, which were divided into four colleges, ofwhich Lubec, Cologne, Brunswick and Dantzig werethe chief. Factories were located at London, Bruges,Bergen in Norway and Novgorod in Russia. Thislast city became one of the most important in Europe.It carried on a trade that extended from the shoresof Ireland to China. It had a population of 400,000,and their wealth and strength became so great as topass into the proverb, Who can resist God andNovgorod the great ! It was destroyed however byIvan IV. in 1569. The cities of the league greatlyflourished and their merchants enjoyed considerableprivileges and immunities. VI. THE MONGOLIAN INVASION OF EUROPE. The Mongols are a nomadic people which fromthe most ancient times have inhabited an extensive
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SHIPS OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE. NINETEEN CHRISTIAN CENTURIES IN OUTLINE. 265 tract ill Central Asia. They belong to the Turanianfamily. They are a brave, hardy and warlike people,which have succeeded in establishing famous dy-nasties in China, Persia and elsewhere. It was toprotect China against their frequent incursions thatthe Emperor built the famous Chinese wall. In this century a force of Mongols and Tartars,amounting to a million and a half, set out from theNorth of the Caspian for an invasion of Europe.The famous Batu Khan led them. Having overrunand devastated Astracan, Georgia and Circassia, theyburst into Russia in 1236 to burn Moscow and Kiowand to take possession of the land. They establishedan authority that was continued for 200 years. Theynext advanced against Poland and burned the citiesof Lublin, Breslau, and Cracow. In the decisivebattle of Lignitz they defeated the Knights of theTeutonic order, the Polish Palatines and the Dukes ofSilesia, and filled nine sacks with

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